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Name: DORA FORSTER
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 31/01/1889
Completed: 03/1889
Builder: Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 69
Dimensions: 2409grt, 1570nrt, 300.0 x 38.5 x 20.7ft
Engines: T3cyl (23, 38 & 63 x 42), 225nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 95530
History:
03/1889 Hunting & Pattison, London
1891 Hunting & Son, London
01/1899 Missing
Comments: 23/01/1899: Sailed from Savannah for Liverpool with cotton and general cargo
Subsequently posted missing