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Name: ARTHUR
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 01/1872
Completed: 1872
Builder: Readhead, Softley & Co
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: 80
Dimensions: 1268grt, 804nrt, 242.0 x 31.2 x 17.3ft
Engines: C2cyl (27 & 54 x 33ins), 110nhp
Engines by: Thompson, Boyd & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 65443
History:
1872 Adamson & Co, North Shields
1876 Adamson & Short, North Shields
1884 Charlton, MacAllum & Co, North Shields
1893 Charlton Steam Shipping Co Ltd (Charlton, MacAllum & Co), North Shields
01/09/1899 Wrecked
Comments: 01/09/1899: Ashore in ice in the Pitt Straits, Kara Sea on a voyage from
London to the Yenisei River with general cargo.