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Name: BOLIVAR launched as ST DUNSTAN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 14/07/1866
Completed: 11/1866
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 205
Dimensions: 776grt, 527nrt, 211.7 x 28.1 x 17.5ft
Engines: Steam, 90nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 54774
History:
08/11/1866 C Palmer; registered at London
1866 Government of Colombia
02/07/1872 S McNider, unknown country
No later history known
Comments: 14/07/1866: Launched as ST DUNSTAN for Palmer, Hall & Co, Newcastle
Armed with 2 x 1 x 40pdr & 2 x 1 x 20pdr guns
08/11/1866: Registered at London for the delivery voyage only


Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 16/07/1866

Newcastle Courant, Friday, 14/12/1866

The Times, Thursday, 13/12/1866