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Name: BIRMA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 12/08/1878
Completed: 1878
Builder: C Mitchell & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 363
Dimensions: 1832grt, 1198nrt, 270.3 x 34.3 x 24.5ft
Engines: CI2cyl (32 & 60 x 39ins), 150hp
Engines by: Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton on Tees
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: n/a
History:
1878 RM Sloman & Co, Hamburg
02/01/1879 Wrecked
Comments: 02/01/1879: Wrecked off Cabezos Shoal off Tarifa
On a voyage from Barcelona and Tarragona to Hamburg