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Name: GEORGETOWN
Type: Passenger Ship
Launched: 10/09/1873
Completed: 11/1873
Builder: J Wigham Richardson & Co
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 84
Dimensions: 297grt, 125nrt, 189.6 x 21.1 x 8.8ft
Engines: C2cyl (28 & 50 x 45ins), 130nhp
Engines by: J Shaw & Co, Low Walker
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 68548
History: G Little, London
1879 Sprostons Dock & Foundry, Georgetown
1907 Broken up at Georgetown
Comments: Built to carry 300 passengers
Contract price £15800; Profit £none
1907: Broken up at Georgetown