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Name: NEARCHUS
Type: Dredger
Launched: 09/08/1879
Completed: 1879
Builder: Osbourne & Graham
Yard: North Hylton, Sunderland
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 160.0 x 28.0 x 11.0ft
Engines: CI2cyl, 65nhp
Engines by: Hawks, Crawshay & Sons, Gateshead
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: n/a
History:
1879 Government of India
No further details known
Comments: Hull sub-contracted from Hawks, Crawshay & Sons, Gateshead
For work at the port of Karrachee, now Karachi


Marine Engineer January 1880