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Name: RUPERRA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 09/11/1900
Completed: 01/1901
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 86
Dimensions: 4293grt, 2792nrt, 360.0 x 48.0 x 19.7ft
Engines: T3cyl (23.5, 39 & 66 x 48ins), 339nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 113537
History:
01/1901 New Ruperra Steam Shipping Co Ltd (J Cory & Sons), cardiff
29/07/1903 Sank
Comments: 29/07/1903: Sank after a collision with ss MELAMPUS when 14 miles south of
Bishop Rock LH on a voyage from Barry to Port Said with a cargo of coal.


Shields Daily Gazette, Tuesday, 08/01/1901