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Name: GLENRATH
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 30/10/1879
Completed: 01/1880
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 405
Dimensions: 1706grt, 1109nrt, 255.0 x 34.6 x 23.6ft
Engines: C2cyl (30 & 60 x 33ins), 160nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 79160
History:
01/1880 Lindsay, Gracie & Co, Leith
30/09/1890 Sank
Comments: 30/09/1890: Sank after striking a wreck 13 miles SSE of Cape Lookout
On a voyage from Pensacola for Antwerp with a cargo of lumber


Jarrow Express, Friday, 31/10/1879