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Name: GENOA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 31/08/1875
Completed: 10/1875
Builder: C Mitchell & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 312
Dimensions: 1873grt, 1216nrt, 290.2 x 34.1 x 25.4ft
Engines: C2cyl (33 & 62 x 45ins), 180nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 73583
History:
03/11/1875 Nelson, Donkin & Co, North Shields; registered at London
12/11/1876 Sank
Comments: 12/11/1876: Foundered in a hurricane, 240 miles WxN of Gibraltar
On a voyage from Sulina to Cork with a cargo of maize