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Name: T W RHODES
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 11/02/1871
Completed: 03/1871
Builder: Readhead, Softley & Co
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: 68
Dimensions: 645grt, 472nrt, 194.9 x 27.2 x 15.6ft
Engines: C2cyl, 85nhp
Engines by: Readhead, Softley & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 63341
History:
15/03/1871 Forwood & Co, Liverpool
18/08/1871 Abandoned
Comments: 18/08/1871: Abandoned in a sinking condition 100 miles WxN of Ouessant
On a voyage from Swansea to Valencia with a cargo of patent fuel


Shields Daily Gazette, Tuesday, 14/02/1871