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Name: HENRY MORTON
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 17/10/1860
Completed: 12/1860
Builder: Palmer Bros & Co
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 95
Dimensions: 986grt, 808nrt, 229.3 x 32.2 x 17.5ft
Engines: 2cyl (38 & 38 x 30ins), 90hp; (1874: C2cyl (26 & 51 x 30ins), 99hp);
(1890: T3cyl (15.5, 26 & 43 x 36ins), 119nhp)
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle - No 1095; (1874: Victoria Dock Engine Works, London);
(1890: Wallsend Slipway Co Ltd, Wallsend)
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 29029
History:
07/12/1860 R Cory & Son, London
1872 John Fenwick & Co, London
1896 William Cory & Son Ltd, London
1909 Broken up
Comments: 1874: Engine compounded by Victoria Dock Engine Works, London
1890: Re-engined by Wallsend Slipway Co Ltd, Wallsend
1909: Broken up at Dunkerque


Newcastle Daily Chronicle, Monday, 22/10/1860