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Name: VIRGINIAN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 08/10/1881
Completed: 01/1882
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 443
Dimensions: 4081grt, 2965nrt, 422.2 x 40.9 x 28.9ft
Engines: C4cyl (29, 29 & 62, 62 x 60ins), 765nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 84184
History:
09/01/1882 Steam Ship Virginian Co Ltd (F Leyland & Co Ltd), Liverpool
1893 F Leyland & Co Ltd, Liverpool
21/05/1910 Broken up
Comments: Accommodation for a small number of 1st & 2nd Class passengers
21/05/1910: Arrived at Genoa for breaking by GB Bertorello & Flli
Note: Initially the LP cylinders were shown as 62ins & by 1898 they were shown as 77ins


Newcastle Journal, Monday, 10/10/1881