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Name: COMMERCIAL
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 26/09/1874
Completed: 12/1874
Builder: John Softley & Co
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: 113
Dimensions: 113grt, 64nrt, 100.7 x 18.3 x 8.6ft
Engines: C2cyl (11.5 & 23 x 18ins), 25nhp
Engines by: W & J Almond, North Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 70392
History:
02/12/1874 J Brodie, North Shields; registered at North Shields
1875 Boulton & Haywood, London
1901 Burt, Boulton & Haywood Ltd, London
24/08/1912 HH Hemminghoffen, Altona, Germany; renamed PHOEBUS
No later history known
Comments: Rumoured to have sailed under the Turkish flag during WW1