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Name: BROOMHAUGH
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 27/06/1881
Completed: 06/1881
Builder: CS Swan & Hunter
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 55
Dimensions: 2095grt, 1362nrt, 286.4 x 36.1 x 24.5ft
Engines: C2cyl (34.5 & 64 x 42ins), 240nhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 83907
History:
11/08/1881 Elliott, Lowrey & Dunford, Newcastle
1891 Dunford & Elliott, Newcastle
27/01/1903 Wrecked
Comments: 27/01/1903: Wrecked at Vinga, near Gothenburg,
On a voyage from Stettin to the Tyne in ballast


The Newcastle Courant, Friday, July 1, 1881