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Name: ESKDALE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 12/07/1873
Completed: 08/1873
Builder: John Readhead & Co
Yard: Lawe Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 95
Dimensions: 1133grt, 735nrt, 229.4 x 30.8 x 17.6ft
Engines: C2cyl (26.5 & 50 x 33ins), 99nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 67544
History:
23/08/1873 Groves, Maclean & Co, West Hartlepool
1888 Maclean, Doughty & Co, West Hartlepool
20/11/1888 Wrecked
Comments: 20/11/1888: Wrecked near Hoburg Light House, Götland
On a voyage from Riga to Hartlepool with a cargo of timber