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Name: CONNAUGHT
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 30/01/1884
Completed: 1884
Builder: HS Edwards & Sons
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 4
Dimensions: 1650grt, 1069nrt, 248.0 x 34.8 x 20.5ft
Engines: C2cyl (30 & 58 x 36ins), 142nhp
Engines by: Hawks, Crawshay & Son, Gateshead
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Reg Number: 88771
History:
1884 HS Wesencraft, Newcastle
1886 W Cooper, Newcastle
30/12/1886 Wrecked
Comments: 30/12/1886: Wrecked on Galita Island, northern Tunisia
On a voyage from Palermo to New York with a cargo of fruit & sulphur