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Name: COLORADO
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 30/10/1867
Completed: 01/1868
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 219
Dimensions: 2927grt, 1990nrt, 330.4 x 42.8 x 20.6ft
Engines: 2cyl (60 & 60 x 42ins), 350hp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 60036
History:
06/01/1868 Liverpool & Great Western Steamship Co Ltd (Guion & Co), Liverpool
07/02/1872 Sank
Comments: Built for the Liverpool & Queenstown to New York service
Accommodation for 70 x 1st Class & 800 x 2nd Class passengers
07/02/1872: Sank after a collision with ARABIAN in the River Mersey
The Colorado was run onto a bank to save lives. She later broke in two


Shipping & Mercantile Gazette, Tuesday, 13/02/1872