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Name: AMSTERDAM
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 16/06/1866
Completed: 1866
Builder: Andrew Leslie & Co
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 75
Dimensions: 639grt, 507nrt, 211.4 x 29.1 x 14.0ft
Engines: 2cyl, 130hp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 55120
History:
11/10/1866 George Gibson & Co and DR MacGregor & Co, Leith
20/10/1867 Wrecked
Comments: 20/10/1867: Wrecked near Montauk Point, 20 miles east of Hampton, Long Island
29/10/1867: Broke up after about half of her cargo had been discharged