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Name: CAPELLA
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 20/02/1882
Completed: 04/1882
Builder: Andrew Leslie & Co
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 230
Dimensions: 3359grt, 2189nrt, 367.0 x 39.1 x 27.4ft; (1889: 3260grt, 2117nrt)
Engines: C4cyl (28 & 60, 28 & 60 x 54ins), 450nhp
Engines by: Robert Stephenson & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 86166
History:
18/04/1882 Star Navigation Co Ltd (Rathbone Bros & Co), Liverpool
1889 Liverpool, Brazil & River Plate Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Liverpool
1889 Renamed WORDSWORTH
1891 Soc Anon de Navigation Royale Belge Sud-Américaine, Antwerp
04/08/1902 Wrecked
Comments: 04/08/1902: Wrecked at Assu Torre near Bahia
On a voyage from New York to Bahia, carrying general cargo