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Name: TOSARI
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 30/10/1890
Completed: 20/12/1890
Builder: CS Swan & Hunter
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 159
Dimensions: 2372grt,1634nrtt, 300.4 x 41.1 x 21.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (26, 42 & 69 x 45ins), 319nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a; (1902: 115274)
History:
12/1890 Deutsche Dampfschiffs Rhederei zu Hamburg (Sunda-Linie), Hamburg
1891 Deutsche Ost-Afrika Linie, Hamburg; renamed ADMIRAL
09/05/1902 New York, Newfoundland & Halifax Steamship Co Ltd (CT Bowring & Co), Liverpool
09/05/1902 Renamed ROSALIND
1912 St Lawrence Shipping Co Ltd, Montreal; renamed CITY OF SYDNEY
17/03/1914 Wrecked
Comments: Built for the Hamburg & Rotterdam to Java & Indonesia service
1902: Traded as the Red Cross Line on the New York to St John's service
17/03/1914: Wrecked on Shag Rock, Sambro Island, Halifax NS
On a voyage from New York to Halifax NS carrying general cargo


Above photo as ADMIRAL

Jarrow Express, Friday, 31/10/1890