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Name: RICHMOND
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 21/01/1871
Completed: 1871
Builder: Schlesinger, Davis & Co
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 28
Dimensions: 1234grt, 769nrt, 229.8 x 32.2 x 17.9ft
Engines: C2cyl (30 & 59 x 36ins) 130hp
Engines by: T Clark & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 65561
History:
1871 Watts, Milburn & Co, London
1875 Charles Mitchell, Newcastle
1877 Watts, Milburn & Co, London
1879 Watts, Ward & Co, London
1893 Thomas S Leinster, North Shields
06/12/1894 Wrecked
Comments: A subcontract from Charles Mitchell. Mitchell yard number 245
06/12/1894: Wrecked under Burniston Cliff, 3 miles north of Scarborough
On a voyage from Rotterdam to the Tyne in ballast