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Name: EETA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched 24/03/1883
Completed: 02/05/1883
Builder: J Wigham Richardson & Co
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 153
Dimensions: 1191grt, 765nrt, 1314dwt, 235.0 x 32.3 x 14.6ft
Engines: C2cyl (27 & 54 x 36ins), 150nhp
Engines by: J Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.5knots (trials)
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 87091
History:
01/05/1883 Demerara & Berbice Steam Ship Co Ltd, London
1891 JD Pauling, London
1893 Crescent Steamship Co Ltd, London
1894 WH Stott & Co, London
05/05/1894 Wrecked
Comments: Contract Price £22500, Profit £1724-10s-5d
Built for carrying mahogany logs, web frames replaced hold beams for easy stowage
05/05/1894: Wrecked on Ryagen Shoal, Hollanender Deep, off Copenhagen
On a voyage from Liverpool to Norrkoping carrying general cargo


Shipping World & Herald, Tuesday, 01/05/1883