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Name: CARL XV
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 24/02/1865
Completed: 1865
Builder: T & W Smith
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 26
Dimensions: 635grt, 516nrt, 180.0 x 27.0 x 16.3ft;
(1871: 926grt, 753nrt, 214.3 x 27.4 x 16.3ft)
Engines: 2cyl (34 & 34 x 26ins), 70hp; (1877: CI2cyl (22.75 & 47.75 x 29.25ins), 130nhp)
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle; (1877: Goteborgs Mek Werkstad, Goteborg)
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: n/a
History:
1865 WE Bott, Goteborg
No later history known
Comments: Built for the London to Gothenburg route
1871: Lengthened
1877: Re-engined