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Name: CANOPUS
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 12/03/1903
Completed: 05/1903
Builder: CS Swan & Hunter Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 286
Dimensions: 1337grt, 835nrt, 227.5 x 31.8 x 15.7ft
Engines: T3cyl (21, 35 & 56 x 39ins), 222nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 101490
History:
05/1903 Westport Coal Company Ltd, Dunedin
1940 RW Miller & Co Pty Ltd, Sydney NSW
1959 Hornbeam Steamships Ltd (Wheelock, Marden & Co), Hong Kong
1960 Broken up
Comments: 1960: Broken up in Kerosene Bay, Sydney


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