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Name: GULF OF GUAYAQUIL
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 24/10/1888
Completed: 12/1888
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 284
Dimensions: 2365grt, 310.0 x 40.3 x 24ft
Engines: T3cyl (26, 42 & 69 x 48ins)
Engines by: Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 93209
History:
05/12/1888 Greenock Steam Ship Co Ltd, Greenock
24/12/1888 Missing
Comments: Accommodation for 30 x 1st Class passengers, plus some 2nd Class
24/12/1888: Sailed from Liverpool for Valparaiso on her maiden voyage
Subsequently reported missing. Believed to have sunk off Fishguard after a collision


Greenock Telegraph, Thursday, 25/10/1888

Greenock Telegraph, Saturday, 11/05/1889