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Name: RUPERRA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 25/08/1877
Completed: 10/1877
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 355
Dimensions: 1285grt, 836nrt, 240.0 x 32.2 x 20.0ft
Engines: CI2cyl (28.5 & 54.5 x 36ins), 120nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 77203
History:
31/10/1877 John Cory, Cardiff
27/01/1881 Wrecked
Comments: 27/01/1881: Wrecked near Bolt Head, Devon
On a voyage from Alexandria to Hull with a cargo of cottonseed


Above photo of the builder's plate is courtesy of Photoship