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Name: CONQUEST
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 18/07/1874
Completed: 1874
Builder: CS Swan & Co
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 11
Dimensions: 494grt, 318nrt, 154.7 x 24.2 x 17.6ft
Engines: C2cyl (20 & 34 x 27ins), 60nhp
Engines by: Christie, Gutch & Co, North Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 70679
History:
12/01/1875 FB Johnson & Co, London
1883 A Ortiz, Manila; renamed LUZON
1885 Cia Naviera de Filipinas, Manila
1887 Jose Reyes, Manila
1890 R Reyes, Manila
1895 Cia Maritima, Manila
30/10/1896 Sank
Comments: 30/10/1896: Sank after a collision with SANTANDER near Manila
On a voyage from Leyte to Manila with a cargo of hemp & copra