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Name: ASTON
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 20/04/1867
Completed: 1867
Builder: Schlesinger, Davis & Co
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 10
Dimensions: 132grt, 90nrt, 100.0 x 20.0 x 9.5ft
Engines: D2cyl (16 & 16 x 15ins), 25hp
Engines by: Thompson, Boyd & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 58201
History:
1867 J & F Thompson, Queensferry, Chester
1879 The Aston Steamship Co Ltd, Hawarden, Chester
1882 John Coppack, Connah’s Quay
1894 John Gardner & Co, Glasgow
1903 Broken up
Comments: 31/01/1903: Beached at Garvel Point on the Clyde after a collision with the steam
tug NEPTUNE off Greenock, while on a voyage from Glasgow to Bonawe with coal.
09/02/1903: Refloated and taken to Bowling where she was broken up.