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Name: ANGERTON
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 29/01/1884
Completed: 03/1884
Builder: William Dobson & Co
Yard: Walker
Yard Number: 2
Dimensions: 2794grt, 1823nrt, 320.0 x 38.0 x 27.4ft
Engines: C2cyl (38 & 74 x 48ins), 375nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 89529
History:
05/03/1884 John D Milburn, Newcastle; registered at London
1886 W Milburn & Co, London
1896 Northumbrian Shipping Corp Ltd (L Macarthy), Newcastle
09/03/1899 Wrecked
Comments: 01/12/1895: Aground on Eastern Beach, Gibraltar, refloated 13/12/1895
1896: Declared a Constructive Total Loss by the insurance company and sold
09/03/1899: Wrecked 15 miles west of Alexandria
On a voyage from Cardiff to Alexandria with a cargo of coal & patent fuel


Shields Daily Gazette, Tuesday, 11/03/1884