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Name: ALCAZAR
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 21/04/1873
Completed: 1873
Builder: John Readhead & Co
Yard: Lawe Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 93
Dimensions: 471grt, 296nrt, 175.0 x 24.8 x 14.9ft
Engines: CI2cyl (20 & 39 x 30ins), 65nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 68417
History:
1873 Otway Robinson, London
1874 David Jones, Liverpool
1876 Robert Lewis, Liverpool
30/07/1879 Sank
Comments: 30/07/1879: Sank after a collision with ss FLAMINGO when 14 miles NW of
Ouessant on a voyage from Cardiff to Les Sables d’Olonne with coal.