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Name: DARWIN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 09/12/1884
Completed: 1884
Builder: CS Swan & Hunter
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 86
Dimensions: 2567grt, 1680nrt, 317.0 x 37.5 x 23.8ft
Engines: C2cyl (37 & 70 x 45ins), 250nhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 89656
History:
23/01/1885 Darwin Steam Ship Co Ltd (A Holland & Co), London
1900 Bank of Athens (J G Dambassis), Andros; renamed ANONYMOS
01/04/1902 Wrecked
Comments: 01/04/1902: Wrecked at Aceiteras, Spain
On a voyage from Cardiff to Naples with a cargo of coal


Newcastle Journal, Wednesday, 10/12/1884