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Name: VADERLAND
Type: Passenger Ship / Tanker
Launched: 21/08/1872
Completed: 1872
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 289
Dimensions: 2748grt, 2001nrt, 320.5 x 38.5 x 23.8ft
Engines: C2cyl (40 & 80 x 42ins), 290hp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: n/a
History:
1872 Soc Anon de Navigation Belge-Américaine, Antwerp
1889 Bossières Frères, Le Havre; renamed GEOGRAPHIQUE
02/10/1889 Sank
Comments: Accommodation for 30 x 1st and 800 x 3rd Class passengers
Apparently there were problems with certification for this dual role
02/10/1889: Sank after a collision with MINNIE SWIFT, 45 miles W of St Pierre, Miquelon
On a voyage from Montreal to Le Havre


Above image as VADERLAND is courtesy of Photoship

Newcastle Journal, Thursday, 22/08/1872

Shipping & Mercantile Gazette, Saturday, 28/12/1872