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Name: ROSALIND
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 21/06/1879
Completed: 08/1879
Builder: Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 18
Dimensions: 950grt, 546nrt, 220.0 x 30.7 x 15.0ft
Engines: C2cyl (28 & 52 x 36ins), 98nhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 80548
History:
12/08/1879 CF Jackson & Co, Newcastle
1884 AP Harrison & Co, Newcastle
1898 Rosalind Steamship Co Ltd (AP Harrison & Co), Newcastle
1905 Managers became Austin, Elliott & Co
1907 NP Swensson, Helsingborg
1915 Rederi A/B Valla (Otto Hillerström), Helsingborg
21/05/1916 Sank
Comments: 21/05/1916: Sank after striking a mine, 35 miles SE of Stockholm
On a voyage from Copenhagen to Stugsund in ballast


Shipping & Mercantile Gazette, Tuesday, 24/06/1879