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Name: ARAGO
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 24/05/1876
Completed: 1876
Builder: Andrew Leslie & Co
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 170
Dimensions: 1650grt, 1061nrt, 282.0 x 33.2 x 24.4ft
Engines: C2cyl (26 & 58 x 42ins), 170nhp
Engines by: R Stephenson & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 74531
History:
1876 Ellis & Co, Liverpool
1889 C Michelsen & Co, Bergen; renamed NOR
22/07/1898 Wrecked
Comments: 22/07/1898: Wrecked on Baldayo, 12 miles off Corunna on a voyage from
Swansea to Marseille with a cargo of coal and patent fuel