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Name: GARONNE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 20/05/1884
Completed: 1884
Builder: CS Swan & Hunter
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 87
Dimensions: 1052grt, 684nrt, 210.5 x 29.6 x 22.1ft
Engines: CI2cyl (26 & 47 x 36ins), 96nhp
Engines by: George Clark, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 89187
History:
1884 Cardiff Steam Ship Co Ltd (Hooper, Campbell & Co), Cardiff
1895 Manager became WR Corfield
18/02/1899 Wrecked
Comments: 18/02/1899: Wrecked at Penfret, Glenan Islands
On a voyage from Bordeaux to Cardiff with pitprops and general cargo