References
- Earl of Egremont The first locally built steam vessel was a tug, the built at Milton for the Portsmouth and Arundel Canal Company and launched on 19 December 1820. She was then taken to Portsmouth to be fitted out and was'…intended to tow barges from Portsmouth and the harbour lock to Milton, to Dell Quay'. [Hampshire Telegraph, 21 December 1820.] Of 50 tons burthen and 17 tons register, her two engines by Maudslay totalled 24 h.p