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Name: COCHRANE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 10/06/1854
Completed: 1854
Builder: Palmer Bros & Co
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 19
Dimensions: 508grt, 345nrt, 165.3 x 26.6 x 15.6ft
Engines: 2cyl, 75nhp
Engines by: R Stephenson & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 25222
History:
19/12/1854 Hetton Coal Co (Nicholas Wood), Sunderland
20/05/1887 Sank
Comments: 20/05/1887: Foundered in a gale in the North Sea
On a voyage from the Tyne to Flushing with a cargo of coal


Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail, Tuesday, 24/05/1887