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Name: SIR JAMES DUKE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 25/05/1861
Completed: 1861
Builder: Palmer Bros & Co
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 103
Dimensions: 744grt, 570nrt, 197.8 x 28.0 x 17.4ft
Engines: Steam, 90hp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle - No 1136
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 43933
History:
20/09/1861 James Fenwick et al, London
03/10/1868 Sank
Comments: 03/10/1868: Sank after a collision with BIDDICK in the River Gironde
On a voyage from Cardiff to Bordeaux