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Name: LLANARTHEN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 22/03/1879
Completed: 05/1879
Builder: Schlesinger, Davis & Co
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 95
Dimensions: 1567grt, 1029nrt, 264.6 x 33.2 x 22.2ft
Engines: C2cyl (31 & 60 x 36ins), 160nhp
Engines by: Tyne Engine Works Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 79397
History:
12/05/1879 Charles E Stallybrass, Cardiff
04/02/1884 Sank
Comments: 1883: Fitted with new boilers
04/02/1884: Abandonded & foundered 10 miles off Cape St Vincent
On a voyage from Cardiff to Colombo with a cargo of coal