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Name: HANKOW
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 06/10/1873
Completed: 21/02/1874
Builder: Charles Mitchell & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 290
Dimensions: 3594grt, 2332nrt, 389.0 x 42.1 x 28.8ft
Engines: CI2cyl (52 & 96 x 56ins), 450nhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 68510
History:
21/02/1874 Watts, Milburn & Co, London
1879 W Milburn & Co, London
1897 Aberdeen Atlantic Shipping Co Ltd (John Rust & Son), Aberdeen
1898 Wilhelm Wilhelmsen, Tonsberg, Norway; renamed DUNNET
1899 Missing
Comments: Accommodation for up to 70 x 1st Class passengers
06/04/1899: Sailed from Barry & subsequently reported missing
On a voyage from Barry to Genoa with a cargo of coal


Above photo as HANKOW is copyright of the Royal Museums Greenwich - Gould Collection. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return

Above painting of HANKOW is copyright of the Royal Museums Greenwich. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return

Above photo believed to be as DUNNET is courtesy of H Larsson-Feddes collection

Public Ledger & Daily Advertiser, Friday, 17/10/1873