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Name: CAPULET
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 30/05/1874
Completed: 07/1874
Builder: John Softley & Co
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: 109
Dimensions: 336grt, 202nrt, 151.1 x 22.1 x 12.1ft
Engines: CI2cyl (18.5 & 36 x 30ins), 55nhp
Engines by: JP Rennoldson, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 70382
History:
18/07/1874 RB Avery, North Shields
1874 General Steam Navigation Co, London; registered at London
1903 Broken up
Comments: 04/09/1903: Sank after a collision with TORRENS in the Thames
On a voyage from London to Yarmouth carrying general cargo
08/09/1903: Wreck raised & beached for patching
Subsequently sold for breaking up


Lloyd's List, Friday, 04/09/1903

Lloyd's List, Tuesday, 08/09/1903

Lloyd's List, Thursday, 10/09/1903

Lloyd's List, Saturday, 12/09/1903

Norfolk Chronicle, Saturday, 05/12/1903