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Name: AMERICA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 28/06/1881
Completed: 1881
Builder: C Mitchell & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 418
Dimensions: 2118grt, 1597nrt, 298.4 x 36.0 x 22.8ft
Engines: C2cyl (34.5 & 64 x 42ins), 250nhp
Engines by: Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: n/a
History:
1881 Edward Carr, Hamburg
30/01/1882 Missing
Comments: 30/01/1882: Sailed from New York for Hamburg, posted missing