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Name: MAVROCORDATOS
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 24/03/1860
Completed: 06/1860
Builder: Andrew Leslie & Co
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 33
Dimensions: 1167grt, 929nrt, 232.8 x 33.4 x 19.5ft; (1869: 1246grt, 931nrt)
Engines: 2cyl (48 & 48 x 30ins), 200nhp
Engines by: R Morrison & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 28743
History:
27/06/1860 Greek & Oriental Steam Navigation Co (Stephen Xenos), London
1863 GB Carr et al, London
1865 Henry Lafone, Liverpool; renamed GAMBIA
1868 Peter Denny, Glasgow
27/05/1871 Wrecked
Comments: 27/05/1871: Wrecked at Algoa Bay
On a voyage from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth with a cargo of wheat


Above painting of MAVROCORDATOS is courtesy of Photoship

Newcastle Daily Chronicle, Monday, 25/06/1860