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KEY: D / H / P - D means basic dimensions are shown; H means a history is given; P means one or more photographs included.
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Ships built in the year 1887
Ship Name Year Builder D / H / P Chih Yuan 1887 Armstrong, Mitchell & Co, Elswick D / H / P Ching Yuan 1887 Armstrong, Mitchell & Co, Elswick D / H / P Dogali 1887 Armstrong, Mitchell & Co, Elswick D / H / P Isla de Cuba 1887 Armstrong, Mitchell & Co, Elswick D / H / P Isla de Luzon 1887 Armstrong, Mitchell & Co, Elswick D / H / P Ascania 1887 Armstrong, Mitchell & Co, Low Walker D / H / P Colonia 1887 Armstrong, Mitchell & Co, Low Walker D / H Drudge 1887 Armstrong, Mitchell & Co, Low Walker D / H / P Energie 1887 Armstrong, Mitchell & Co, Low Walker D / H Hans & Kurt 1887 Armstrong, Mitchell & Co, Low Walker D / H / P Melo 1887 Armstrong, Mitchell & Co, Low Walker D / H Minister Maybach 1887 Armstrong, Mitchell & Co, Low Walker D / H / P Olinda 1887 Armstrong, Mitchell & Co, Low Walker D / H Ville de Calais 1887 Armstrong, Mitchell & Co, Low Walker D / H Willkommen 1887 Armstrong, Mitchell & Co, Low Walker D / H / P Calder 1887 W Dobson & Co Ltd, Walker D / H / P Dimitri 1887 W Dobson & Co Ltd, Walker D / H / P Petr 1887 W Dobson & Co Ltd, Walker D / H / P R W C No 34 1887 HS Edwards & Sons, Howdon D R W C No 35 1887 HS Edwards & Sons, Howdon D Flying Swallow (TT) 1887 JT Eltringham, South Shields D / H Protector (TT) 1887 JT Eltringham, South Shields D / H William Gray (TT) 1887 JT Eltringham, South Shields D / H / P Kiushiu Maru 1887 R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Hebburn D / H La Vendee 1887 R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Hebburn D / H Le Morbihan 1887 R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Hebburn D / H / P Poleznyi 1887 R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Hebburn D / H / P Port Denison 1887 R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Hebburn D / H / P Prince Potemkin 1887 R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Hebburn D / H / P Acme 1887 Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow D / H Alice Depeaux 1887 Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow D / H Bateau Citerne I 1887 Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow D / H Bateau Citerne II 1887 Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow D / H Clapet XI 1887 Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow D / H Clapet XII 1887 Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow D / H Clapet XIII 1887 Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow D / H Clapet XIV 1887 Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow D / H Earnmoor 1887 Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow D / H Earnwell 1887 Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow D / H / P Era 1887 Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow D / H / P Hopetoun 1887 Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow D / H Starling 1887 Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow D / H Brampton 1887 J Readhead & Co, South Shields D / H Charters Towers 1887 J Readhead & Co, South Shields D / H Ethelburga 1887 J Readhead & Co, South Shields D / H / P Gem 1887 J Readhead & Co, South Shields D / H / P Tafna 1887 J Readhead & Co, South Shields D / H / P Tockwith 1887 J Readhead & Co, South Shields D / H Kate B Jones 1887 Schlesinger, Davis & Co, Wallsend D / H Puffin 1887 Schlesinger, Davis & Co, Wallsend D / H Corriere di Livorno 1887 T & W Smith, Limekilns Shore, North Shields D / H Antwerpen 1887 CS Swan & Hunter, Wallsend D / H / P Bellona 1887 CS Swan & Hunter, Wallsend D / H Carmarthenshire 1887 CS Swan & Hunter, Wallsend D / H Courier 1887 CS Swan & Hunter, Wallsend D / H / P Elingamite 1887 CS Swan & Hunter, Wallsend D / H / P Fifeshire 1887 CS Swan & Hunter, Wallsend D / H New Amsterdam 1887 CS Swan & Hunter, Wallsend D / H Paris 1887 CS Swan & Hunter, Wallsend D / H Alice 1887 Tyne General Ferry Co, St Peter's D / H Linda 1887 Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co, Willington Quay D / H Clara 1887 Wigham Richardson, Neptune Yard, Low Walker D / H Hindoo 1887 Wigham Richardson, Neptune Yard, Low Walker D / H Port Fairy 1887 Wigham Richardson, Neptune Yard, Low Walker D / H / P Riverina 1887 Wigham Richardson, Neptune Yard, Low Walker D / H Rosario 1887 Wigham Richardson, Neptune Yard, Low Walker D / H / P Cragside 1887 Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd, Bill Quay D / H Platon 1887 Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd, Bill Quay D / H Sodium 1887 Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd, Bill Quay D / H / P ------------------------------- ----- ----------------------------------------------------------------- ------------