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Name: LONDONER
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 11/04/1891
Completed: 06/1891
Builder: Schlesinger, Davis & Co
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 161
Dimensions: 1513grt, 270.0 x 35.2 x 18.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (30.5, 48.5 & 77.5 x 48ins), 2700ihp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 97967
History:
06/1891 Tyne Steam Shipping Co Ltd, Newcastle
14/05/1893 Sank
Comments: Built for the Tyneside to London trade
Accommodation for 100 x 1st Class, 80 x 2nd Class & 120 x deck passengers
14/05/1893: Sank after a collision with SHEFFIELD off North Haisboro’ Light
On a voyage from London to Newcastle carrying passengers & general cargo


Shields Daily News, Monday, 13/04/1891                         London Evening Standard, Tuesday, 16/05/1893