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Name: GLENDOWER
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 04/05/1882
Completed: 06/1882
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 466
Dimensions: 2496grt, 1650nrt, 291.8 x 37.3 x 28.0ft
Engines: C2cyl (36 & 68 x 45ins), 260nhp; (1892: T3cyl (23.5, 36 & 68 x 45ins), 225nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 84941
History:
12/06/1882 Glendower Steamship Co Ltd (J Potter & Co), Leith
1883 Tyne Glendower Steam Ship Co Ltd (J Potter & Co), Leith
1887 Managers became Lindsay, Gracie & Co, Leith
12/01/1899 Sank
Comments: 1892: Engine tripled by Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
12/01/1899: Foundered in the North Atlantic, midway between St John's & Cork
On a voyage from Philadelphia to Sligo with a cargo of maize


Newcastle Journal, Monday, 22/05/1882