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Name: KNUTSFORD
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 01/09/1888
Completed: 09/1888
Builder: CS Swan & Hunter
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 133
Dimensions: 2128grt, 1350nrt, 279.5 x 37.5 x 19.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (23, 36 & 60 x 39ins), 226nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 95465
History:
09/1888 Knutsford Steam Ship Co Ltd (Carlisle & Co), London
1898 Cairn Line of Steamships Ltd (Cairns, Young & Noble), Newcastle
1898 Renamed CAIRNESK
27/08/1899 Sank
Comments: 23/07/1899: Stranded at Snipan, Northern Quarker
On a voyage from Holmsund to Oscarshamn in ballast
Subsequently refloated
27/08/1899: Sank north of Finngrundet while proceeding to port for repairs.