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Name: LAURESTINA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 24/09/1877
Completed: 11/1877
Builder: Tyne lron Shipbuilding Co
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 4
Dimensions: 1919grt, 1238nrt, 286.2 x 34.2 x 24.8ft
Engines: CI2cyl (32 & 61 x 36ins), 160hp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 76650
History:
14/11/1877 Joseph Robinson & Co, North Shields
29/12/1878 Wrecked
Comments: 29/12/1878: Wrecked at Kopparsten Rocks, Sandhamn
On a voyage from Reval to Rotterdam with a cargo of grain


Jarrow Express, Saturday, 29/09/1877