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Name: BRETWALDA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 24/09/1881
Completed: 11/1881
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 446
Dimensions: 2908grt, 1913nrt, 320.0 x 39.2 x 20.5ft
Engines: C2cyl (38 & 71 x 48ins), 300nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 83917
History:
05/11/1881 Hall Brothers, Newcastle
31/08/1897 Wrecked
Comments: 31/08/1897: Wrecked 3 miles North of Cape St Vincent
On a voyage from Blyth to Alexandria with a cargo of coal & coke


Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 26/09/1881