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Name: CONSTANTIN
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 19/01/1878
Completed: 1878
Builder: Andrew Leslie & Co
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 176
Dimensions: 819grt, 227.4 x 29.4 x 14.3ft
Engines: CI2cyl (33 & 62 x 40ins), 160nhp
Engines by: Black, Hawthorn & Co, Gateshead
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: n/a
History:
1878 A/S Kjobenhavn-Newcastle D/S, Copenhagen
21/06/1879 Sank
Comments: Designed for the carriage of cattle from Denmark to Newcastle
Accommodation for an unspecified number of passengers
21/06/1879: Sank after a collision with JOSEPH, 15 miles NW of Hanstholm, Denmark
On a voyage from Copenhagen to the Tyne with a cargo of livestock & butter


Jarrow Guardian, Friday, 25/01/1878

Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 27/06/1879