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Name: ALBERTA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 24/05/1888
Completed: 1888
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 277
Dimensions: 3398grt, 2214nrt, 340.0 x 42.2 x 27.3ft
Engines: T3cyl (27, 43 & 70 x 45ins), 289nhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 93799
History:
1888 Alberta SS Co Ltd (W Tapscott & Co), Liverpool
19/10/1890 Wrecked
Comments: 19/10/1890: Wrecked on Sutherland Reef, Queensland
On a voyage from Hong Kong to Melbourne with a cargo of coal