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Name: RED SEA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 18/05/1882
Completed: 07/1882
Builder: Andrew Leslie & Co
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 232
Dimensions: 3283grt, 2165nrt, 375.8 x 40.3 x 27.3ft
Engines: C2cyl (40 & 76 x 51ins), 400nhp
Engines by: North-East Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 86189
History:
06/07/1882 Ellis & Co, Liverpool
by 1883 Sea Steam Ship Co Ltd, Liverpool
16/06/1894 Wrecked
Comments: 16/06/1894: Wrecked at the entrance to Hartlepool Harbour
On a voyage from Pensacola to Hartlepool with a cargo of pitch pine
20/06/1894: Refloated by 5 tugs and taken into Hartlepool
12/1894: Sold in damaged condition for £2,500
09/01/1895: Towed out of West Hartlepool for breaking up on the Tyne


Shields Daily News, Monday, 18/06/1894