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Name: BEDOUIN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 06/05/1879
Completed: 06/1879
Builder: C Mitchell & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 373
Dimensions: 1967grt, 1277nrt, 286.0 x 35.0 x 24.2ft
Engines: C2cyl (34 & 64 x 42ins), 225hp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 81276
History:
09/06/1879 Bedouin Steam Navigation Co Ltd (W & R Thomson), Liverpool
1894 Pentland Steamship Co Ltd (CR Scott & Co), Liverpool; renamed PENTLAND
19/12/1896 Stranded
Comments: 19/12/1896: Stranded in the river at Newport, Monmouthshire
On a voyage from Newport to Torre Annunziata with a cargo of coal
Subsequently broke her back and declared a total loss


Above image as BEDOUIN is courtesy of Photoship

South Wales Echo, Monday, 21/12/1896