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Name: EMPRESS
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 09/09/1865
Completed: 1865
Builder: C Mitchell & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 124
Dimensions: 780grt, 531nrt, 222.6 x 29.6 x 16.9ft
Engines: Steam, 135hp; (18xx: C2cyl (28.5 & 57 x 30ins), 150hp)
Engines by: (18xx: Compagnie Fraissinet & Co, Marseille)
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 56048
History:
1865 HF Swan & Mitchell, Newcastle
1868 Compagnie de Navigation Mixte, Marseille; renamed CAID
1892 Broken up
Comments: 09/09/1865: Launched without name
05/02/1867: First registered as NO 124
By 1868: Name EMPRESS was assigned