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Name: ESSEQUEBO
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 13/07/1891
Completed: 08/1891
Builder: CS Swan & Hunter
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 163
Dimensions: 202grt, 121nrt, 140.3 x 22.5 x 7.7ft
Engines: 2 x T3cyl (9.5, 15 & 24 x 18ins), 60nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 2 x Screws
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 96528
History:
07/1891 H Sproston, Sons & Co, Georgetown
1900 Sproston’s Ltd, Georgetown
No further history known
Comments: Classed for river service in British Guiana
Not in LR 1932