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Name: BERRINGTON
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 09/09/1865
Completed: 11/1865
Builder: Palmer Bros & Co
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 185
Dimensions: 629grt, 488nrt, 180.7 x 28.0 x 17.1ft; (1876: 794grt, 508nrt, 210.3ft)
Engines: 2cyl (38 & 38 x 30ins), 90nhp; (1876: C2cyl (25 & 48 x 30ins), 99hp)
Engines by: Palmer Bros & Co, Jarrow; (1876: Palmers' SB & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow)
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 53117
History:
04/11/1865 William Cory (H Morton), Sunderland
1871 Richard Cory, Sunderland
1876 J Fenwick & Sons, London
1896 Wm Cory & Son Ltd, London
28/12/1904 Missing
Comments: 1876: Lengthened to 210.3ft & engine compounded
28/12/1904: Sailed from the Tyne for Rotterdam with a cargo of coal
Subsequently reported missing