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Name: EARSDON
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 16/07/1855
Completed: 07/1855
Builder: Palmer Bros & Co
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 38
Dimensions: 526grt, 420nrt, 171.1 x 26.4 x 15.7ft
Engines: 2cyl, 70hp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle - No 931
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 25351
History:
17/07/1855 H Taylor & Co; registered at London
09/04/1860 Wrecked
Comments: 1855: The major shareholders were H Taylor, Wm Cory & J Fenwick
09/04/1860: Wrecked at Nyhamn, near Helsingborg, Sweden
On a voyage from Le Havre to Libau with general cargo