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Name: BLACK SWAN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 04/1864
Completed: 05/1864
Builder: T & W Smith, Limekilns Shore
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 22
Dimensions: 650grt, 412nrt, 199.1 x 27.3 x 15.0ft
Engines: CI4cyl (19 & 34 x 26ins), 80hp; (1879: C4cyl (19 & 34 x 26ins), 80nhp;
(1890: T3cyl (15.5, 25 & 41 x 27ins), 80nhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle; (1879: Thompsdon & Boyd, Newcastle)
(1890: JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields)
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 49614
History:
05/1864 T & W Smith, North Shields
1905 The Black Swan Steamship Ltd (GE Smith, manager), Newcastle
No later history known
Comments: 1870: Lengthened to 199.1ft
1879: Engine compounded
1890: Re-engined
1907: Register closed