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Name: RAVENSWORTH
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 1883
Completed: 06/1883
Builder: William Brown & Sons
Yard: St Lawrence
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 89grt, 54nrt, 83.0 x 21.2 x 8.3ft
Engines: C2cyl (13 & 24 x 18ins), 25nhp
Engines by: Middleton Pratt, Huddersfield
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 86120
History:
25/06/1883 John Thomas Bullock Kell, Gateshead; registered at Newcastle
11/05/1886 Sank
Comments: 11/05/1886: Foundered south of the island of Ushant, probably after striking a rock
On a voyage from Whitstable to Corruna
She was chartered for diving operations on the wreck of the TUNSTALL near Corunna