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Name: UNITED SERVICE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 02/1862
Completed: 18/03/1862
Builder: J Wigham Richardson & Co
Yard: Neptune, Low Walker
Yard Number: 6
Dimensions: 583grt, 472nrt, 874dwt, 190.4 x 27.3 x 16.6ft
Engines: 2 x 1cyl (34 x 26ins), 70nhp
Engines by: J Thompson & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x screw, 8.5knots on trials
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 44458
History:
1862 W Gray, Sunderland
1863 China Merchants Steam Navigation Co Ltd
1864 Thomas Wilson, Hull
05/12/1866 Sank
Comments: 05/12/1866: Foundered in the Baltic, all 20 crew lost