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Name: FOREST
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 05/07/1880
Completed: 08/1880
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 421
Dimensions: 1167grt, 756nrt, 240.6 x 33.2 x 16.5ft
Engines: C2cyl (28 & 54 x 36ins), 99nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 83804
History:
09/08/1880 Forest Steam Ship Co Ltd (Morel Bros & Co), Cardiff
19/12/1887 Wrecked
Comments: Constructed to carry a heavy cargo such as ore on a light draught
19/12/1887: Wrecked on the Bilbao Bar
On a voyage from Bilbao to Newport with a cargo of iron ore