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Name: WHICKHAM
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 19/08/1876
Completed: 09/1876
Builder: Cole Bros
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 36
Dimensions: 1735grt, 1124nrt, 270.0 x 34.0 x 24.4ft
Engines: CI2cyl (32 & 62 x 36ins), 180nhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 73717
History:
02/10/1876 Thomas H Davison & Sons, London
1885 George Cockburn, London
1887 Dixon, Robson & Co, London
1898 D Bozzo, Genoa; renamed CONCETTA
01/1906 Broken up
Comments: 20/02/1897: Stranded near Laeso, Denmark
22/02/1897: Re-floated. She had been in ballast
01/1906: Broken up at Palermo


Above: Aground near Laeso 22/02/1897. Photo is copyright of the Museet for Sofart

Jarrow Express, Saturday, 26/08/1876