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Name: ACTIVE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 17/03/1874
Completed: 06/1874
Builder: Coulson, Cooke & Co
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 8
Dimensions: 337grt, 200nrt, 146.4 x 21.1 x 12.2ft
Engines: CI2cyl (18 & 33 x 24ins), 45hp
Engines by: Ouseburn Engineering Works, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 70220
History:
03/1874 Henry F Swan, Newcastle
1877 JU Spence & Co, West Hartlepool
1880 Humble & Thompson (Charles S Swan), Newcastle
04/01/1881 Wrecked
Comments: 04/01/1881: Wrecked on Maenheere Rock near the Lizard
On passage from Neath for Caen with a cargo of coal