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Name: LIVADIA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 13/06/1877
Completed: 07/1877
Builder: John Readhead & Co
Yard: Lawe Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 133
Dimensions: 1447grt, 933nrt, 255.0 x 32.5 x 23.0ft
Engines: C2cyl (29.25 & 58.25 x 30ins), 140nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 69874
History:
25/07/1877 Matthew Cay (W Wright); registered at South Shields
1881 Cay, Hall & Co, South Shields
25/02/1882 Wrecked
Comments: 25/02/1882: Wrecked on Middle Cross Sand off the Norfolk coast
On a voyage from Shields to Alexandria with a cargo of coal


Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 14/06/1877

Newcastle Courant, Friday, 03/03/1882