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Name: HUTTON CHAYTOR
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 20/06/1855
Completed: 10/1855
Builder: Palmer Bros & Co
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 34
Dimensions: 529grt, 424nrt, 170.0 x 26.0 x 15.0ft; (1870: 580grt, 489nrt, 185.7 x 26.7 x 25.6ft)
Engines: Steam, 70hp; (1870: C2cyl (26 & 50 x 30ins), 80hp)
Engines by: (1870: J Jack & Co, Liverpool)
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 26901
History:
24/10/1855 General Iron Screw Collier Co Ltd, London
1881 Laws, Surtees & Co (Edward T Agius), London
1882 Robert W Surtees, North Shields
1883 Unknown owner
by 1889 F & S Vicuna, Valparaiso; renamed VINA DEL MAR
No later history known
Comments: Delivery held back to install "new improvements"
1870: Re-engined by J Jack & Co
25/03/1883: Stranded off Patagones, south of Bahia Blanca, Argentina
On a voyage from Newcastle to Valparaiso with a cargo of coal
Subsequently sold for coasting purposes only


Lloyd's List, Thursday, 07/06/1883