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Name: GUSTAV BITTER
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 01/06/1878
Completed: 06/1878
Builder: CS Swan & Co
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 36
Dimensions: 565grt, 351nrt, 169.5 x 27.3 x 12.4ft
Engines: C2cyl (21.5 & 41 x 30ins), 80nhp
Engines by: T Clark & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 76236
History:
24/06/1878 Fisher, Renwick & Co, Newcastle
04/03/1893 Wrecked
Comments: 04/03/1893: Wrecked on Stag Rocks, Lizard
On a voyage from London to Manchester with general cargo


Shipping & Mercantile Gazette, Friday, 07/06/1878