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Name: CLARISSA RADCLIFFE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 19/12/1888
Completed: 02/1889
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 602
Dimensions: 2460grt, 1591nrt, 296.0 x 40.2 x 20.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (26.5, 36 & 62 x 42ins), 256nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 95173
History:
25/02/1889 Clarissa Radcliffe Steam Ship Co Ltd (E Thomas Radcliffe & Co), Cardiff
01/01/1898 Sank
Comments: Cost £28,300 when first delivered
01/01/1898: Foundered in a violent gale off Cape Finisterre
On a voyage from Odessa to Rotterdam with a cargo of grain


Lloyd's List, Saturday, 22/12/1888

South Wales Echo, Saturday, 26/02/1898