Limerick 1865

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Name:	LIMERICK
Type:	Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched	10/12/1864
Completed:	01/1865
Builder:	J Wigham Richardson & Co
Yard:	Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number:	33
Dimensions:	730grt, 463nrt, 930dwt, 212.0 x 27.5 x 23.5ft;
	(1872: 830grt, 530nrt); (1877: 937grt, 580nrt)
Engines:	2cyl (40 & 40 x 30ins), 100nhp; (1874: CI2cyl (25 & 48 x 27ins), 90hp)
Engines by:	R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle; (1874: Randolph & Elder, Glasgow)
Propulsion:	1 x Screw, 11.5knots
Construction:	Iron
Reg Number:	20678
History:
02/02/1865	Limerick Steam Ship Co Ltd, Limerick
1870	Robertson & Co, Grangemouth
1872	Frederick Ireland & Co, Liverpool
1876	Davis, Fry & Co, Liverpool
1877	Registered at Cardiff
1882	T Baker & Son, Cardiff
1883	Steam Ship "Limerick" Co Ltd, Cardiff
21/12/1885	Foscolo Manga & Co, Syra; renamed PIETRO FOSCOLO
1898	S Aschkenazy et al, Odessa; renamed VOSTOTCHNAYA ZVEZDA
1890	Renamed YUJNAYA ZVEZDA
1907	Converted
	No later history known

Comments	Originally it was intended to name her CITY OF LIMERICK
	Contract price £17200
	19/03/1871: Wrecked on Moulditch Bank, Wicklow
	On a voyage from Huelva to Glasgow with a cargo of copper ore & oranges
	10/06/1871: Successfully refloated & taken into Kingstown harbour
	Subsequently repaired and returned to service with new owners
	16/11/1883: Stranded on Eggrunde Island near Gefle. Subsequently refloated
	On a voyage from Stockholm to Gefle with a cargo of iron ore
	26/06/1905: Burned out and not repaired
	1907: Converted for use as a pontoon at Odessa