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Name: ENSKAR
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 19/07/1890
Completed: 10/10/1890
Builder: Wigham Richardson & Co
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 253
Dimensions: 3093grt, 1995nrt, 4560dwt, 318.0 x 41.2 x 26.2ft
Engines: Q4cyl (20.5, 29, 43 & 60 x 42ins), 350nhp
Engines by: Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.5knots (trials)
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 98170
History:
10/10/1890 George Tweedy & Co, London
1894 Manchester-London Steamers Ltd (P Wigham Richardson, manager), London
1897 Hungarian Levante SS Co Ltd, Fiume; renamed CORVIN MATYAS
22/02/1906 Wrecked
Comments: Contract price £47566-10-6d, Profit £7656-0-4d.
22/02/1906: Wrecked on Cabezos, Tarifa
On a voyage from Cardiff to Genoa with a cargo of coal