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Name: DENHAM
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched 04/05/1878
Completed: 15/06/1878
Builder: J Wigham Richardson & Co
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 107
Dimensions: 869grt, 561nrt, 210.0 x 30.2 x 16.9ft
Engines: C2cyl (27 & 50 x 33ins),98hp
Engines by: Neptune Engine Works (J Shaw & Co), Low Walker
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.3knots (trials)
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 76234
History:
19/06/1878 Burradon & Coxlodge Coal Co, Newcastle
22/02/1894 Sank
Comments: Contract price £14000; Loss £643-8-7d
19/08/1881: Stranded on a reef off Oesel Island
On a voyage from Riga to South Alloa with a cargo of railway sleepers
Subsequently refloated
22/02/1894: Sank after a collision off Seaham with the Danish steamer ROLF
On a voyage from the Tyne to Rochester with a cargo of coal