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Name: WIDDRINGTON
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 08/06/1872
Completed: 09/1872
Builder: T & W Smith, Limekilns Shore
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 55
Dimensions: 1229grt, 783nrt, 229.4 x 31.1 x 17.8ft
Engines: CI2cyl (27 & 53 x 33ins), 99hp
Engines by: M Samuelson, Hull
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 67360
History:
06/09/1872 William Johnson & Co, Newcastle
04/11/1878 Wrecked
Comments: 04/11/1878: Wrecked on Staur Holmen Rigg, Gotland Island
On a voyage from Kronshtadt to London with a cargo of wheat