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Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
AMERICA |
68020 |
GBR |
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Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
1873 |
17/12/1872 |
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Vessel type |
Vessel description
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Cargo General
| Iron Screw Steamer |
Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
J & R Swan, Dumbarton |
Upper Woodyard |
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Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
873 grt / 563 nrt / |
210.3 ft |
26.7 ft |
20.10 ft |
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Engine builder |
Tod & MacGregor, Glasgow |
Engine detail |
C2cyl (25 & 48 x 33)in 90nhp, 1-screw |
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First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
Mories, Munro & Co, Glasgow. |
Glasgow |
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Other names |
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Subsequent owner and registration history |
1873 Williamm Forbes, Eastbourne 1877 mng George McAndrew, London |
Vessel history |
For Mediteranean trade. |
Remarks |
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End year |
Fate / Status |
1881 |
Stranded 27/06/1881 |
Disposal Detail |
27/06/1881 stranded in 34°10'N 123°8'E on an island in the Hydrographer Group, Korean Archipelago, voyage, Tientsin for Kuchinotsu in ballast. |
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