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Name: BOADICEA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 27/05/1872
Completed: 07/1872
Builder: Andrew Leslie & Co
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 147
Dimensions: 1354grt, 865nrt, 240.0 x 30.7 x 24.4ft
Engines: C2cyl (29 & 56 x 30ins), 110nhp
Engines by: Maudsley, Sons & Field, London
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 65440
History:
23/07/1872 Adamson & Co, North Shields
1876 Adamson & Short, North Shields
06/12/1883 Wrecked
Comments: 06/12/1883: Wrecked on Shingles Sand near the Tongue LV in the Thames estuary
On a voyage from Tyne Dock to Savona with a cargo of coal
12/12/1883: 50 men who were lightening the wreck, were taken off due a to severe gale
Wreck subsequently broken up by the storm


Shipping & Mercantile Gazette, Monday, 17/12/1883

Shipping & Mercantile Gazette, Saturday, 29/12/1883