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Name: LAURA GILLIES
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 20/06/1871
Completed: 1871
Builder: Schlesinger, Davis & Co
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 32
Dimensions: 968grt, 618nrt, 215.0 x 30.6 x 17.3ft
Engines: C2cyl (26 & 50 x 30ins), 98hp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 67308
History:
05/03/1872 Kirby & Gillies, Newcastle
22/02/1883 Wrecked
Comments: 22/02/1883: Wrecked by stranding on Bilbao Bar
Outwards from Bilbao for Newcastle with a cargo of iron ore