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Name: CRONSTADT
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 02/06/1863
Completed: 07/1863
Builder: Andrew Leslie & Co
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 47
Dimensions: 1118grt, 877nrt, 249.5 x 30.8 x 18.9ft
Engines: Steam, 250hp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 47015
History:
07/07/1863 Miller, Macgregor & Cox; registered at Leith
25/11/1864 Wrecked
Comments: Built for the Leith to Cronstadt service
25/11/1864: Wrecked on a reef off Gottland & sank in deep water
All the crew and the passengers were lost


North & South Shields Gazette, Thursday, 09/07/1863

The Scotsman, Thursday, 12/01/1865