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Name: ACARA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 04/08/1898
Completed: 10/1898
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 736
Dimensions: 4193grt, 2677nrt, 380.0 x 47.3 x 29.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (24.5, 41.5 & 70 x 45ins), 404nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 109465
History:
10/1898 James Marke Wood, Liverpool
01/03/1902 Wrecked
Comments: 01/03/1902: Wrecked on Fire Island, New York
On a voyage from Shanghai to New York carrying general cargo


Above photo is courtesy of New Jersey Scuba Diving

Above photo is courtesy of New Jersey Scuba Diving

The Marine Engineer, 01/09/1898