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151: 24: 125: 475:. She was launched on 31 October 1863. Before she was put into service she was purchased in May 1864 by George Campbell and Henry Collis, acting for the Virginia Importing and Exporting Company. She was renamed 520:
for their Fleetwood to Belfast and Londonderry service. In 1877 Thomas Seed bought her and registered her in Fleetwood. In 1883 Robert Bruce acquired her and registered her in Glasgow. In 1885 she was
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for the Liverpool and Dublin Steam Navigation Company. In 1867 Thomas Carr and Frederick Kemp acquired her and renamed her
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