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Name: CONTINENTAL
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 10/03/1891
Completed: 04/1891
Builder: Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 578
Dimensions: 1089grt, 675nrt, 209.6 x 29.6 x 19.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (17.5, 28 & 46 x 30ins), 116nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
04/1891 Rederij "Neutraal", Rotterdam
1895 Osaka Shosen KK, Osaka; renamed MAIZURU MARU
11/08/1907 Wrecked
Comments: Accommodation for an unspecified number of passengers
11/08/1907: Wrecked in the Jameshall Group, Incheon
On a voyage from Chinnampo to Chemulpo with general cargo


Above photo as CONTINENTAL is courtesy of Billy Embleton

Newcastle Daily Chronicle, Wednesday, 11/03/1891