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Name: LAPWING
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 09/04/1868
Completed: 06/1868
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 229
Dimensions: 841grt, 535nrt, 211.4 x 28.2 x 17.0ft
Engines: 2cyl, 90hp
Engines by:
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 58547
History:
18/06/1868 Cork Steamship Co Ltd (E Pike & Co), Cork
02/07/1872 Sank
Comments: Probably engined by Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
02/07/1872: Sank after collision with ABBEY HOLME off the Isle of Wight
On a voyage from Liverpool to Rotterdam carrying general cargo. 21 crew died


Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 03/07/1872