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Name: GRANTULLY
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 10/1881
Completed: 10/1881
Builder: John Readhead & Co
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 174
Dimensions: 1617grt, 1097nrt, 258.2 x 34.5 x 1906ft
Engines: C2cyl (33 & 61 x 26ins), 160nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 84532
History:
10/1881 Groves, Maclean & Co, West Hartlepool
1888 Maclean & Co, West Hartlepool
1891 Maclean, Doughty & Co, West Hartlepool
1896 Rederi A/B ‘Astrea’ (CA Banck), Helsingborg; renamed ASTREA
17/09/1896 Sank
Comments: 17/09/1896: Sank after a collision with the brigantine LAURA of Faversham
south of the Swin Middle Lightship in the mouth of the Thames
On a voyage from London to Newcastle in ballast