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Name: NORDLAND
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Keel: 20/12/1864
Launched 01/05/1865
Completed: 22/05/1865
Builder: J Wigham Richardson & Co
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 36
Dimensions: 346grt, 225nrt, 220dwt, 166.4 x 23.8 x 12.5ft
Engines: 2cyl (24 & 24 x 26ins), 80nhp
Engines by: Thompson, Boyd & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: n/a
History:
22/05/1865 Nordenfjeldske Dampskipsselskap, Trondheim
01/1892 Wrecked
Comments: Also seen listed as NORLAND
Built for the Norwegian coastal services, 50 x 1st, 30 x 2nd class passengers
01/1892: Stranded near Tamsoy in Porsangeren, and sank in 12 minuted


Above image courtesy of the Ian Rae Collection