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Name: COUNTESS OF STRATHMORE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 12/03/1853
Completed: 04/1853
Builder: Palmer Bros & Co
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 4
Dimensions: 527grt, 400nrt, 164.1 x 26.1 x 15.5ft
Engines: Steam
Engines by: R Stephenson & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number:
History:
11/05/1853 General Iron Screw Collier Co, London
14/07/1853 Sank
Comments: 14/07/1853: Foundered off Whitby in a gale
On a voyage from the Tyne to London with a cargo of coal


Newcastle Courant, Friday, 22/07/1853