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Name: DARIEN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 17/05/1881
Completed: 07/1881
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 442
Dimensions: 2743grt, 1780nrt, 316.6 x 39.3 x 26.7ft
Engines: C2cyl (38 & 70 x 48ins), 300nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 82895
History:
30/07/1881 Nelson, Donkin & Co, London
26/12/1887 Missing
Comments: 26/12/1887: Sailed from Cardiff for Livorno with a cargo of coal
Subsequently reported missing


Extract of the BOT Enquiry 22/03/1888