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Name: PALMYRA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 30/01/1866
Completed: 04/1866
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 184
Dimensions: 795grt, 622nrt, 211.3 x 28.1 x 17.4ft; (1872: 960grt, 707nrt, 235.5ft)
Engines: 2cyl (26 & 26 x 33ins), 98hp; (1872: C2cyl (25 & 48 x 30ins), 140hp)
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow; (1872: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle)
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 54654
History:
05/04/1866 London Steamship Co Ltd, London
1886 John Fenwick & Son, London
No later history known
Comments: 1872: Lengthened to 235.5ft and re-engined
1899: Register closed