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Name: AZALEA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 13/02/1877
Completed: 04/1877
Builder: Charles Mitchell & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 342
Dimensions: 1758grt, 1113nrt, 280.5 x 34.0 x 24.6ft
Engines: CI2cyl (32 & 62 x 36ins), 160nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 76634
History:
13/04/1877 Joseph Robinson & Co, North Shields
26/09/1895 Transferred to Stag Line Ltd, North Shields
22/11/1897 Missing
Comments: 1877: Cost £28,850
21/11/1897: Sailed from Baltimore bound for Stettin
after passing Cape Henry the following day, she disappeared with all hands


Above photo as AZALEA is courtesy of Clive Ketley