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Name: NORD AMERICA
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched 30/11/1872
Completed: 02/1873
Builder: J Wigham Richardson & Co
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 80
Dimensions: 2175grt,1273nrt, 314.3 x 35.5 x 27.7ft
Engines: CI2cyl (52 & 92 x 42ins), 400nhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle
Propulsion: Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: n/a
History:
02/1873 GB Lavarello & Co, Genoa
02/01/1883 Wrecked
Comments: Built for the Genoa to Montevideo and Buenos Aires service
Accommodation for 50 x 1st, 50 x 2nd & 800 steerage (emigrant) class passengers
02/01/1883: Wrecked on Cape Palos near Cartagena
On a voyage from Buenos Aires to Genoa