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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| FLAMINGO |
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GBR |
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| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1852 |
1852 |
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| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Passenger
| Iron Paddle Steamer |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| J W Hoby & Co., Renfrew |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
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| Engine builder |
J W Hoby & Co., Renfrew |
| Engine detail |
| Oscillating 60hp |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| Railway Steam Company. |
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| Other names |
| 1853 BELL BIRD |
| Subsequent owner and registration history |
| 11/1853 R Little & Co, Greenock. |
| Vessel history |
Entered service Greenock, Dunoon, the Holy Loch and the Gareloch.
11/12/1853 sailed from Greenock for Port Philip as BELL BIRD. Her paddle boxes and funnel had been unshipped and given four masts for the delivery voyage.
22/12/1853 sighted by Her Majesty's steamer, SIMOOM about 360 miles SW of Madeira. |
| Remarks |
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| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1853 |
Missing |
| Disposal Detail |
| Missing after the sighting on 22/12/1853 although another report suggest she was spoken on 6 February. That later report may be of a different BELL BIRD. |
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