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Dublin. Cork & Glasgow Steam Packet Co
Ariel (1848-1858)
Built by J Reid & Co, Port Glasgow
123 ft : 474 GRT: later 173.3 ft : 417 GRT
Engines : 2 x side lever, ex-Mercury by Coates & Young of Belfast
1858 : Returned to builders J&G Thomson of Govan in part-payment for a new vessel
1859 : Caithness Steamship Company, Wick
1862 : North British Steam Packet Co : Silloth-Dublin service
1868 : Liverpool owners
1867 : Rigged as a barque with engine removed
1873 : Scrapped
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