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Name: LA PLATA launched as ZARA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 31/05/1862
Completed: 07/1862
Builder: Palmer Bros & Co
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 112
Dimensions: 1218grt, 969nrt, 249.6 x 30.5 x 21.9ft
Engines: 2cyl (40 & 40 x 30ins), 120hp
Engines by: Palmer Bros & Co, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 45009
History:
10/07/1862 AG Robinson, London
1869 William Thomas Henley, London
29/11/1874 Sank
Comments: Launched as ZARA
Used as a cable ship in later life
29/11/1874: Sank in a gale off Ushant
On a voyage from London to Rio Grande de Sol with a cargo of telegraph cable


Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 03/12/1874