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Name: SARPEDON
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 28/09/1870
Completed: 11/1870
Builder: Andrew Leslie & Co
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 129
Dimensions: 1949grt, 1519nrt, 310.7 x 33.5 x 25.5ft
Engines: C2cyl (27 & 58 x 45ins), 225nhp
Engines by: R Stephenson & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10 knots
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 63312
History:
08/11/1870 Ocean Steam Ship Co (A Holt & Co), Liverpool
04/09/1876 Sank
Comments: 04/09/1876: Sank after a collision with JULIA DAVID, 80 miles SW of Ouessant
On a voyage from Shanghai to London carrying passengers & general cargo
All 84 persons on board were rescued by CALDERON


Above photo of sister ship NESTOR is copyright of the National Maritime Museum