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Name: VINDOBALA
Type: Cargo Ship; (1891: Tanker)
Launched: 27/12/1879
Completed: 1879
Builder: Andrew Leslie & Co
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 208
Dimensions: 1744grt, 1134nrt, 261.0 x 34.3 x 21.7ft
Engines: C2cyl (33 & 62 x 42ins), 200nhp
Engines by: J Dickinson & Sons, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 81612
History:
1879 Bell & Symonds, London
1882 R Dickinson, London
1884 Edward J Walker, Newcastle
1885 William Gibson, Newcastle
1886 Alfred Suart, London
1891 Petroleum Transport & Storage Co. Ltd, London
1898 SS Vindobala Ltd (JA Salton & Co), London
27/12/1898 Abandoned presumed sank
Comments: 1891: Converted to a tanker
27/12/1898: Abandoned in the Atlantic about 49.29N - 29.39W on a voyage
fom Rouen to Philadelphia in ballast.