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Name: BIELA
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 03/03/1870
Completed: 1870
Builder: Andrew Leslie & Co
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 119
Dimensions: 2170grt, 1401nrt, 316.0 x 34.9 x 21.8ft
Engines: C2cyl (29 & 66 x 48ins), 280hp; (1883: C2cyl (34 & 68 x 48ins), 250nhp)
Engines by: R Stephenson & Co, Newcastle; (1883: J Jones & Son, Liverpool)
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 63247
History:
1870 Liverpool, Brazil & River Plate SN Co (Lamport & Holt), Liverpool
01/10/1900 Sank
Comments: Built to carry 102 x passengers
1883: Re-engined
01/10/1900: Sank after a collision with EAGLE POINT off Nantucket Shoals
On a voyage from New York to Manchester