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Name: ROSS
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 28/06/1881
Completed: 08/1881
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 453
Dimensions: 1356grt, 877nrt, 240.0 x 33.2 x 18.2ft
Engines: IC2cyl (28 & 54 x 36ins), 99nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 84657
History:
04/08/1881 J Cory & Sons, Cardiff
1897 Ross Steamship Co Ltd (J Cory & Sons Ltd), Cardiff
14/11/1906 Wrecked
Comments: 14/11/1906: Wrecked on the North Bishops rocks
On a voyage from Ayr to Newport in ballast


Shields Daily News, Wednesday, 29/06/1881