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Name: GABALVA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 04/1878
Completed: 1878
Builder: Schlesinger, Davis & Co
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 82
Dimensions: 751grt, 432nrt, 190.0 x 28.1 x 15.6ft
Engines: C2cyl (21.5 & 45 x 33ins), 104nhp
Engines by: T Clark & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 77216
History:
1878 JH Wilson, Cardiff
1882 Stuart SS Co Ltd, Cardiff
1887 JL Mowinckel & Son, Bergen; renamed BRATTEN
1903 A/S Fane D/S (AE Leganger), Bergen
1909 A/S Dixie (R Seeberg), Christiania
02/1910 Missing
Comments: 25/02/1910: Sailed from Methil for Reykjavik with a cargo of coal
Subsequently posted missing