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Name: DENBIGHSHIRE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 15/01/1885
Completed: 03/1885
Builder: CS Swan & Hunter
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 88
Dimensions: 2538grt, 1998nrt, 317.0 x 38.0 x 24.5ft
Engines: C2cyl (38 & 72 x 48ins), 299nhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.5knots (trials)
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 89669
History:
26/02/1885 Jenkins & Co, London
1894 Government of Japan – Navy Dept, Tokyo; renamed FUKUOKA MARU
1895 Osaka Shosen KK, Osaka
1913 Akita Shokwai Goshi Kaisha, Nishinomiya
1920 Yamasaki Kisen KK, Hakodate
23/01/1927 Wrecked
Comments: Built for the London to China and Japan service
Accommodation for a limited number of passengers
23/01/1927: Wrecked at Kawajiri Bay, NE coast of Noto Peninsula
On a voyage from Fushiki to Tsuruga


Shields Daily News, Thursday, 12/03/1885