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Name: EARNMOOR
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 26/01/1887
Completed: 03/1887
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 574
Dimensions: 2010grt, 1320nrt, 280.0 x 36.2 x 23.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (22, 35 & 58 x 42ins), 250nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 92856
History:
12/03/1887 Earnmoor Steam Ship Co Ltd (A Earnshaw), Newcastle
05/09/1889 Sank
Comments: Accomodation for 14 x 1st Class passengers
05/09/1889: Sank in a hurricane, 635 miles east of the Bahamas
On a voyage from Baltimore to Rio de Janeiro with a cargo of grain


Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 27/01/1887

Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 04/11/1889