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Name: ARCHIMEDES
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 11/06/1846
Completed: 08/1846
Builder: TD Marshall
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 208nrt, 138.1 x 24.7 x 12.9ft; (1852: 263nrt, 158.1 x 24.7 x 12.9ft)
Engines: 100nhp
Engines by:
Propulsion: 1 x Screw; also rigged for sail
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: n/a
History:
15/08/1846 Elbe-Humber Dampfschiffahrt Gesellschaft, Hamburg
24/07/1858 HJ Perlbach & Co, Hamburg
14/03/1864 Wrecked
Comments: Probably engined by the shipbuilder
1852: Lengthened
14/03/1864: Ashore on the Maasdroogen near Brielle, Netherlands
On a voyage from Hamburg to Hull