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Name: CHARLES MITCHELL
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 26/06/1865
Completed: 08/1865
Builder: C Mitchell & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 133
Dimensions: 738grt, 597nrt, 205.4 x 28.3 x 16.6ft
Engines: 2cyl (38.25 & 38.25 x 30ins), 90hp; (1876: C2cyl (26 & 47 x 36ins), 95hp)
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle; (1876: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle)
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 51367
History:
04/08/1865 John Straker & Co, Tynemouth; registered at Newcastle
by 1870 Arthur Cox Pring, Newcastle
1881 Mrs Susan M Pring, Newcastle
by 1882 Adam Brothers & Co, Newcastle
07/05/1883 The Ogmore Steam Ship Co Ltd, Cardiff; registered at Cardiff
1891 Walter John Tillett, Cardiff
16/11/1900 Missing
Comments: Built as a collier
16/11/1900: Left Barry for Le Havre with a cargo of coal
Subsequently reported missing