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Name: ROBERT DICKINSON
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 22/02/1879
Completed: 04/1879
Builder: Andrew Leslie & Co
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 195
Dimensions: 1706grt, 1110nrt, 261.0 x 34.2 x 24.0ft
Engines: CI2cyl (33 & 62 x 42ins), 160nhp
Engines by: John Dickinson, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 79694
History:
21/04/1879 Bell & Symonds, London
27/04/1879 Wrecked
Comments: 27/04/1879: Wrecked north of Flamborough Head
On a voyage from North Shields to Naples with a cargo of bricks, cement & coal