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Name: GANNET
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 24/01/1867
Completed: 1867
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 213
Dimensions: 817grt, 553nrt, 211.3 x 28.1 x 17.0ft
Engines: Steam, 100hp
Engines by:
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 55497
History:
06/05/1867 Cork Steamship Co Ltd (E Pike & Co), Cork
26/05/1871 Stranded
Comments: 27/05/1871: Stranded near Gurnard's Head, west of St Ives, Cornwall
On a voyage from Liverpool to Antwerp carrying general cargo


Royal Cornwall Gazette, Saturday, 03/06/1871