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Name: ATHENIAN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 13/11/1875
Completed: 1876
Builder: C Mitchell & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 322
Dimensions: 1538grt, 992nrt, 260.8 x 32.7 x 23.8ft
Engines: C2cyl, 160nhp
Engines by:
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 73606
History:
08/01/1876 Edward Shotton & Co, North Shields; registered at London
08/04/1878 Sank
Comments: 08/04/1878: Foundered in a gale 55 miles WxS of Scilly
On a voyage from Liverpool to Constantinople with a cargo of coal


Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 11/04/1878