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Name: LEO
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 02/08/1879
Completed: 09/1879
Builder: CS Swan & Co
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 44
Dimensions: 1987grt, 1302nrt, 285.0 x 35.2 x 24.5ft
Engines: C2cyl (34 & 64 x 42ins), 200nhp
Engines by: G Clark, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 81581
History:
15/09/1879 Robert B Avery, London
1887 Leo Steamship Co Ltd (E Avery), London
11/11/1895 Sank
Comments: 11/11/1895: Sank off Holman
On a voyage from Odessa to Copenhagen with a cargoo of grain