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Name: HARPERLY
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 12/04/1888
Completed: 05/1888
Builder: John Readhead & Co
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 235
Dimensions: 2233grt, 1451nrt, 290.0 x 39.1 x 18.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (22, 36 &60 x 39ins), 250nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 94400
History:
05/1888 William Wright, London
1890 Glanhafren Steam Ship Co Ltd (J Mathias & Son), Aberystwyth
1890 Renamed GLANHAFREN
14/02/1905 Wrecked
Comments: 14/02/1905: Wrecked at Cape Rizzuto, southern Italy
On a voyage from Penarth to Venice with a cargo of coal