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Name: WIDGEON
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 27/03/1876
Completed: 1876
Builder: C Mitchell & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 333
Dimensions: 788grt, 402nrt, 219.5 x 28.6 x 14.1ft
Engines: C2cyl (32 & 60 x 36ins), 157nhp
Engines by: Thompson & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 73657
History:
1876 General Steam Navigation Company, London
19/12/1911 Sank
Comments: 19/12/1911: Sank after a collision with a sludge carrier in Northfleet Hope,
River Thames on a voyage from London to Rotterdam
Subsequenty refloated and broken up.