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Name: HECTOR
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 07/01/1871
Completed: 03/1871
Builder: Andrew Leslie & Co
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 131
Dimensions: 1956grt, 1523nrt, 312.2 x 33.6 x 25.5ft
Engines: C2cyl (27 & 58 x 45ins), 225nhp
Engines by: R Stephenson & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10 knots
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 63339
History:
09/03/1871 Ocean Steam Ship Co (A Holt & Co), Liverpool
04/10/1875 Wrecked
Comments: 04/10/1875: Wrecked ENE of Chin Sen Island near Amoy (now Xiamen)
On a voyage from Shanghai to Amoy & London carrying tea & silk


Above photo of sister ship NESTOR is copyright of the National Maritime Museum

Liverpool Daily Post, Thursday, 07/10/1875