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Name: FOSCOLIA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 21/06/1879
Completed: 1879
Builder: C Mitchell & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 381
Dimensions: 1573grt, 1025nrt, 252.0 x 34.0 x 22.7ft
Engines: C2cyl (30 & 58 x 39ins), 150hp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 81570
History:
1879 Watts, Ward & Co, London
1895 Watts, Watts & Co, London
29/05/1898 Sank
Comments: 29/05/1898: Sank after a collision with USS COLUMBIA off Fire Island,
New York when outward for Bordeaux.