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Name: JAPANESE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 29/08/1878
Completed: 10/1878
Builder: Schlesinger, Davis & Co
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 88
Dimensions: 1838grt, 1204nrt, 271.0 x 34.2 x 24.6ft
Engines: C2cyl (32 & 61 x 36ins), 170nhp
Engines by: Hawks, Crawshay & Son, Gateshead
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 79639
History:
08/10/1878 Thomas Sutton, North Shields; registered at London
1879 Angier Brothers, London
1887 Angier Line Ltd, London
31/10/1892 Wrecked
Comments: 31/10/1892: Wrecked south of Odensholm
On a voyage from Cronstadt to Riga in ballast