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Name: BEIGNON
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 29/09/1879
Completed: 10/1879
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 403
Dimensions: 1174grt, 754nrt, 240.0 x 33.2 x 17.0ft
Engines: C2cyl, 99nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 81778
History:
23/10/1879 Beignon Steam Ship Co Ltd, Cardiff
20/05/1880 Wrecked
Comments: 20/05/1880: Wrecked off Veille Point, Raz de Sein, Finisterre
On a voyage from Bilbao to Cardiff with a cargo of iron ore


Shields Daily Gazette, Tuesday, 30/09/1879