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Name: CHIPCHASE
Type: Cargo Ship
Keel: 14/10/1863
Launched 03/1864
Completed: 13/04/1864 (trials)
Builder: J Wigham Richardson & Co
Yard: Neptune, Low Walker
Yard Number: 26
Dimensions: 560grt, 428nrt, 685dwt, 181.3 x 27.0 x 16.6ft;
(1869: 664grt, 438nrt, 213.0 x 27.4 x 15.4ft)
Engines: 70hp; (1874: C2cyl (26 & 48 x 33ins), 99nhp)
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle; (1874: Dunston Engineering Works)
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.5knots
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 45637
History:
1864 Shields & Steam Shipping Co Ltd
1874 Thomas W Hughes, South Shields
1875 JG Gleimius, Newcastle
1885 W Hedley, Newcastle
1891 M Archer (W Swanston & Sons, manager), Newcastle
1903 G Folena, Leghorn; renamed GILIANO FOLENA
No further history known
Comments: 1869: Lengthened to 213.0ft, 664grt
1874: Re-engined
Eventually reduced to a hulk at Leghorn, no further trace.