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Name: ABBEYMOOR launched as HILDA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 15/02/1890
Completed: 04/1890
Builder: CS Swan & Hunter
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 152
Dimensions: 2405grt, 1563nrt, 290.0 x 39.8 x 19.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (22.5, 36.5 & 60 x 39ins), 244nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 88820
History:
04/1890 South Shields Steam Shipping Co Ltd (W Runciman & Co), South Shields
15/10/1896 Wrecked
Comments: Named HILDA at launch. Perhaps a speculative build
15/10/1896: Wrecked at Renews Island, NE of Cape Race
On a voyage from Shields to Baltimore in ballast


Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 17/02/1890