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Name: WIDGEON
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 30/01/1869
Completed: 03/1869
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 237
Dimensions: 863grt, 551nrt, 212.8 x 28.2 x 17.5ft
Engines: Steam, 90hp
Engines by:
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 58550
History:
03/1869 Cork Steamship Co Ltd (E Pike & Co), Cork
11/07/1871 Sank
Comments: May have been laid down as EBENEZER
11/07/1871: Sank after a collision with MADAGASCAR near the Eddystone
On a voyage from Liverpool to Rotterdam carrying general cargo


Bury & Norwich Post, Tuesday, 18/07/1871

Cork Constitution, Saturday, 20/01/1872