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Name: ISLE OF ARRAN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 13/08/1881
Completed: 08/1881
Builder: T & W Smith
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 73
Dimensions: 679grt, 438nrt, 181.0 x 29.1 x 13.2ft
Engines: C2cyl (23 & 46 x 33ins), 95nhp
Engines by: JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 83915
History:
13/10/1881 Dixon, Robson & Co, Newcastle
04/10/1885 Sank
Comments: Also referred to Yard Number 74 in some sources
04/10/1885: Sank after a collision with MAYFIELD, 2 miles off Sunk Light Vessel
On a voyage from London to the Tyne in ballast


Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail, Monday, 05/10/1885
Courtesy of Arie de Lange