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Name: URANIA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 14/04/1855
Completed: 12/05/1855
Builder: TD Marshall
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 505grt, 361nrt, 169.1 x 26.6 x 15.5ft
Engines: 100hp
Engines by: TD Marshall, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, also 3 x masts
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: n/a
History:
12/05/1855 Elbe-Humber Dampfschiffahrt Gesellschaft, Hamburg
24/07/1858 HJ Perlbach & Co, Hamburg
17/12/1873 Wrecked
Comments: 17/12/1873: Stranded on Norderney Riff during storm & became total loss
On a voyage from Hamburg to Le Havre with a cargo of grain
Insured at Hamburg for 195,000 Marks