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Name: MERLIN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 19/01/1878
Completed: 1878
Builder: Schlesinger, Davis & Co
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 75
Dimensions: 1106grt, 706nrt, 225.4 x 30.2 x 18.5ft
Engines: C2cyl (28 & 53 x 36ins), 120nhp
Engines by: T Clark & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 70514
History:
1878 Richards, Power & Co, Swansea
1884 D Evans, Swansea
1885 TP Richards & Co, Swansea
1893 JS Dymock, Smith & Co, Glasgow
1894 Noel Dubisson, Dunkerque; renamed MARGUERITE
22/06/1895 Sank
Comments: 22/06/1895: Sank after a collision with EDDYSTONE off the Longships
On a voyage from Cardiff to Philippeville with a cargo of coal