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Name: LINLITHGOW
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 09/04/1894
Completed: 06/1894
Builder: CS Swan & Hunter
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 186
Dimensions: 3137grt, 2041nrt, 335.0 x 42.6 x 26.7ft
Engines: T3cyl (26, 42 & 69 x 48ins), 400nhp
Engines by: George Clark Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 102698
History:
06/1894 William H Raeburn & John B Verel, Glasgow
12/10/1896 Sank
Comments: 31/07/1896: Sailed from San Francisco for Leith with a cargo of barley
11/08/1896: Machinery disabled approximately 1,880 miles west of Equador
12/10/1896: Abandoned & presumed sunk after tail shaft gland fractured


Shields Daily News, Thursday, 12/04/1894