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Name: LAVRION
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 06/12/1881
Completed: 1882
Builder: Schlesinger, Davis & Co
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 120
Dimensions: 1682grt, 1144nrt, 260.0 x 33.7 x 19.3ft
Engines: C2cyl (32 & 62 x 42ins), 200nhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: n/a
History:
1882 J Mesnier, Le Havre
1885 Ybarra y Cia, Bilbao; renamed CABO MAYOR
04/09/1886 Wrecked
Comments: 04/09/1886: Wrecked off Cabo Mayor LH when on a voyage from Bilbao


Above photo showing CABO MAYOR wrecked at Cabo Mayor is courtesy of Richard Cox

Jarrow Express, Friday, 09/12/1881