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Name: GULF OF PANAMA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 16/11/1880
Completed: 25/12/1880
Builder: J Wigham Richardson & Co
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 121
Dimensions: 1592grt, 1031nrt, 2234dwt, 260.0 x 34.3 x 21.8ft
Engines: C2cyl (32 & 61 x 39ins), 180nhp
Engines by: J Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots (trials)
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 81807
History:
24/12/1880 Greenock Steam Ship Co Ltd (W Lindsay & Co, managers), Greenock
29/10/1882 Wrecked
Comments: Contract Price £22237; Loss £1374-8s-0d
29/10/1882: Wrecked on South Haaks, Nieuwediep
On a voyage from Shimonoseki to Bremen with a cargo of rice