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Name: TOMAS BROOKS
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 28/07/1875
Completed: 1875
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 323
Dimensions: 394grt, 217nrt, 161.3 x 23.5 x 9.7ft
Engines: C2cyl (20 & 40 x 24ins), 65nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: n/a
History:
1875 B Estenger y Cia, Santiago de Cuba
1889 Estenger, Mesa & Gallego, Santiago de Cuba
1893 Gallego, Mesa y Cia, Santiago de Cuba
16/07/1898 Government of the USA
1898 Gallego, Mesa y Cia, Santiago de Cuba
1909 Renamed BRITANIA
11/03/1909 Wrecked
Comments: Accommodation for about 50 x 1st Class passengers
16/07/1898: In American hands after the surrender of Santiago de Cuba
1898: Returned to owners
11/03/1909: Wrecked at Playa, Santanilla


Jarrow Express, Saturday, 31/07/1875