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Name: DALTON
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 18/12/1880
Completed: 1881
Builder: Andrew Leslie & Co
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 222
Dimensions: 2030grt, 1332nrt, 315.3 x 34.9 x 24.9ft
Engines: C2cyl (26 & 60 x 45ins), 200nhp
Engines by: R Stephenson & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 84071
History:
1881 Liverpool, Brazil & River Plate SN Co Ltd (Lamport & Holt), Liverpool
27/09/1895 Wrecked
Comments: Built to accommodate 50 passengers
27/09/1895: Wrecked on the west coast of Islay on a voyage from New York
to Glasgow with a cargo of grain and oil