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Name: JOHN TENNANT
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 03/02/1873
Completed: 04/1873
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 290
Dimensions: 2296grt, 1451nrt, 312.6 x 36.1 x 25.2ft
Engines: C2cyl (36 & 80 x 42), 250hp
Engines by: Humphreys, Tennant, Son & Co, London
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 63023
History:
18/04/1873 HS Edwards & Sons, South Shields
09/07/1875 Wrecked
Comments: 09/07/1875: Wrecked 200 yards east of Cape Finisterre
On a voyage from Calcutta to London, carrying passengers & general cargo


Shields Daily Gazette, Saturday, 24/07/1875