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Name: FRANCES DUNCAN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 11/06/1907
Completed: 08/1907
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 797
Dimensions: 2384grt, 972nrt, 297.2 x 41.5 x 20.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (22, 41 & 67 x 45ins), 438nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 123185
History:
24/07/1907 Frances Duncan Steamship Co Ltd (JT Duncan & Co), Cardiff
05/12/1929 Sank
Comments: 05/12/1929: Foundered in a gale 5 miles off Lands End
On a voyage from Barry to Rouen with a cargo of coal


Sunderland Daily Echo, Friday, 06/12/1929