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Name: ONTARIO
Type: Passenger Ship
Launched: 03/09/1864
Completed: 10/1864
Builder: Palmer Bros & Co
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 153
Dimensions: 3325grt, 360.0 x 41.0 x 28ft
Engines: Steam, 360nhp
Engines by: Palmer Bros & Co, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw and barque rigged
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 50491
History:
06/10/1864 National Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Liverpool
16/10/1864 Wrecked
Comments: Accommodation for 70 x 1st Class & 800 x 3rd Class passengers
16/10/1864: Wrecked off the coast of Norfolk


Newcastle Courant, Friday, 09/09/1864

Newcastle Journal, Friday, 21/10/1864