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Name: CLAREMONT
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 21/11/1881
Completed: 22/11/1881
Builder: T & W Smith
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 75
Dimensions: 623grt, 432nrt, 180.7 x 29.1 x 13.3ft
Engines: C2cyl (14.25 & 20.25 x 33ins), 90nhp
Engines by: Douglas & Grant, Kirkcaldy
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 83924
History:
03/02/1882 Fisher, Renwick & Co, Newcastle
03/12/1891 Sank
Comments: 22/11/1881: Sailed to Kirkcaldy to have engines fitted, went missing on the way
03/12/1891: Sank after a collision with STAMFORD off the Dudgeon Light Vessel
On a voyage from West Hartlepool to Cowes with a cargo of coal


Shields Daily Gazette, Tuesday, 22/11/1881

Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 23/11/1881

Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 28/11/1881