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Name: CRESSWELL
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 21/07/1891
Completed: 09/1891
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 663
Dimensions: 2030grt, 1287nrt, 265.0 x 40.0 x 15.9ft
Engines: T3cyl (22, 35 & 58 x 42ins), 222nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 97978
History:
09/1891 Cresswell Steamship Ltd (JE Bowser, Ormston & Co), Newcastle
1895 Managers became JE Bowser & Son
1899 Booth Steamship Co Ltd, Liverpool; renamed GREGORY
22/11/1920 Wrecked
Comments: 22/11/1920: Wrecked off Tutoia Bar, Brazil
On a voyage from New York to Manaus carrying general cargo