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Name: JAPAN
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 09/04/1872
Completed: 18/07/1872
Builder: C Mitchell & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 262
Dimensions: 2440grt, 1865nrt, 336.0 x 37.4 x 27.2ft
Engines: C2cyl (38.75 & 68 x 48ins), 250hp
Engines by: Maudslay, Sons & Field, London
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 67329
History:
1872 Seth Aarratoon Apcar & Co, London
1893 British India Steam Naviagtion Co Ltd, Glasgow
10/1895 Broken up
Comments: 10/1895: Broken up at Bombay


Newcastle Journal, Saturday, 20th July 1872