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Name: SAM WELLER
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 13/06/1874
Completed: 1874
Builder: C Mitchell & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 297
Dimensions: 1498grt, 964nrt, 260.8 x 32.4 x 24.0ft
Engines: C2cyl (29 & 58 x 33ins), 160nhp
Engines by: Thompson, Boyd & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 70383
History:
1874 George Bell & Co, London
1887 C Barton, London
1895 Sam Weller SS Co Ltd (JA Parker), Cardiff
29/08/1898 Wrecked
Comments: 29/08/1898: Stranded in Camelle Bay, east of Cabo Villano on a voyage
from Swansea to Livorno with a cargo of coal