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Name: GIRONDE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 26/02/1881
Completed: 04/1881
Builder: CS Swan & Hunter
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 52
Dimensions: 734grt, 462nrt, 200.9 x 29.2 x 15.1ft
Engines: C2cyl (26 & 47 x 36ins), 99nhp
Engines by: George Clark, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 83824
History:
04/04/1881 Cardiff Steamship Co Ltd (H Hooper) Cardiff
1885 Managers became Hooper, Campbell & Co
07/09/1889 Wrecked
Comments: 07/09/1889: Wrecked at Le Chat, Raz de Sein, Finisterre
On a voyage from Bordeaux to Cardiff with pitwood and general cargo