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Name: ÉCLAIR
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 28/10/1872
Completed: 12/1872
Builder: John Softley & Co
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: 89
Dimensions: 1049grt, 671nrt, 225.4 x 30.2 x 17.2ft
Engines: C2cyl (27 & 51 x 33ins), 100nhp
Engines by: J Dickinson, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 67336
History:
31/12/1872 Tully & Ritson, Newcastle
1874 J Ridley, Son & Tully, Newcastle
02/01/1875 Wrecked
Comments: 02/01/1875: Wrecked on Shipwash Sand in the Thames Estuary
On a voyage from Newcastle to London with a cargo of coal