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Name: SOUTH TYNE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 14/10/1871
Completed: 1871
Builder: C Mitchell & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 250
Dimensions: 1503grt, 986nrt, 253.9 x 33.3 x 23.8ft
Engines: C2cyl (30.5 & 61 x 39ins), 140hp
Engines by: Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 67296
History:
1871 William Dickinson, Newcastle
1888 T Dickinson & Co, Newcastle
1895 JM Lennard & Sons, Newcastle
12/06/1897 Sank
Comments: 12/06/1897: Sank after a collision with Spanish ss GUIDO
when 12 miles SW by W of Cape Finisterre on a voyage
from Carloforte to Dunkerque with a cargo of zinc ore