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This vessel started life in 1831 at the yard of John Wood &amp; Co. in Port Glasgow, where it was launched in late 1831 and named <i>John Wood</i>. Operated by the <i>City of Glasgow Steam Packet Company</i>, Glasgow. In 1840 it was sold to a partnership in the duchy of Holstein (then a part of Denmark) and named <i>Christian VIII</i> in honour of the Danish king. In 1848 the ship was sold to the insurgents of Schleswig-Holstein and joined their navy as the <i>Bonin</i>. The peace settlement required it to be handed over to the Royal Danish Navy in 1852, where it became the <i>Mercur</i>. Hulked in 1857 as the transport barge <i>Styktransportpram Nr. 2</i> and broken up around 1870. Sources: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?official_number=&amp;imo=&amp;builder=&amp;builder_eng=&amp;year_built=&amp;launch_after=&amp;launch_before=&amp;role=&amp;propulsion=&amp;category=&amp;owner=&amp;port=&amp;flag=&amp;disposal=&amp;lost=&amp;ref=22968&amp;vessel=JOHN+WOOD">clydeships.co.uk</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.jmarcussen.dk/maritim/skibsliste/side.php?id=10088">jmarcussen.dk (in Danish)</a>.</div>
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Anton_Melbye" class="extiw" title="w:en:Anton Melbye"><span title="Danish artist (1818-1875)">Anton Melbye</span></a>
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