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Name: EGBERT
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 24/10/1874
Completed: 1874
Builder: Andrew Leslie & Co
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 165
Dimensions: 1717grt, 1111nrt, 280.0 x 32.7 x 24.1ft
Engines: C2cyl (34 & 66 x 36ins), 200nhp
Engines by: Thompson & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 70394
History:
1874 Adamson & Short, North Shields
1887 HEP Adamson, North Shields
1887 Otto Schmidt, Hamburg; renamed KARS
07/10/1888 Sank
Comments: 07/10/1888: Sank about 65 miles from Weser Light Vessel (54.30N - 06.30E)
On a voyage from St Petersburg to Amsterdam with a cargo of grain