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Name: EDWIN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 26/09/1878
Completed: 10/1878
Builder: Andrew Leslie & Co
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 190
Dimensions: 1914grt, 1241nrt, 285.2 x 34.7 x 24.2ft
Engines: C2cyl (33 & 66 x 42ins), 200nhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 79210
History:
31/10/1878 Adamson & Short, North Shields
1887 HEP Adamson, North Shields
03/08/1899 Sank
Comments: 03/08/1899: Sank after a collision with CHIPCHASE off the Outer Dowsing Light Vessel
On a voyage from Bona to Leith & Tyne with a cargo of esparto grass & phosphate ore