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Name: CLIFTON
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 14/06/1898
Completed: 07/1898
Builder: Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd
Yard: Bill Quay
Yard Number: 79
Dimensions: 252grt, 126nrt, 125.4 x 21.6 x 9.4ft
Engines: C2cyl (17 & 33 x 24ins), 53nhp
Engines by: Bailey & Leetham, Hull
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 106639
History:
07/1898 John Slater Jnr, Newcastle
04/12/1898 Sank
Comments: 04/12/1898: Foundered on a voyage from Sunderland to London


Western Mail, Monday, 05/12/1898