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Name: BLANCHE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 29/04/1884
Completed: 07/1884
Builder: George K Smith & Co / Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd
Yard: Whitehill Point, North Shields / Wallsend
Yard Number: 11
Dimensions: 128grt, 72nrt, 92.0 x 20.1 x 8.0ft
Engines: C2cyl (12 & 22 x 16ins), 22nhp
Engines by: G Paulin & Son, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 88780
History:
01/08/1884 Robert Jackson, Newcastle
11/10/1885 Sank
Comments: 29/04/1884: TIC records state launched by GK Smith & Co at Whitehill Point
1885: LR states built by Wallsend Slipway at Wallsend
1884: Smith declared bankrupt, so did Wallsend Slipway take over the contract
Or were they the prime contractor who had subcontracted the hull to GK Smith
11/10/1885: Sank off the Leman & Ower Lightship after cargo shifted
On a voyage from the Tyne to Amsterdam with a cargo of machinery