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'IBERIA'

Built by:Curling & Young.
Yard:Limehouse.
Yard No.:
Launched:2nd June 1836
Tonnage:516
Length:155 feet 4 inches
Breadth:24 feet
Depth:15 feet 2 inches
Machinery:Two cylinder side-lever engines made by Miller & Ravenhill, Blackwall. 180 hp. 9 knots.
Decks:
Built of:Wooden.
Type:Paddle-Wheel Steamer.
Registered:28th September 1836 in London by Brodie MeGhie Willcox & Arthur Anderson.
Official No.:13848
Other info:Passenger 37 1st Class, 16 in 2nd Class
Cargo capacity 290 tons.
History:Built for Brodie McGhie Willcox & Arthur Anderson being the first vessel built entirely to their order.
May 1841. Registered in the ownership of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
March 1856. Sold to The North of Europe Steam Navigation Company, but the sale was not completed and she was resold for £3,500 to G. Marks for demolition at Greenwich.


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