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Name: LORO
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 14/11/1884
Completed: 11/1884
Builder: Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 478
Dimensions: 71grt, 67nrt, 79.2 x 21.3 x 7.0
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a schooner
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 91049
History:
17/11/1884 Alfred Rodeu Walker, Birmingham; registered at Newcastle
1885 Borra, Bailerini & Co, Buenos Aires
No later details known
Comments: Built for trade in the confines of the River Plate
Listed in MNL 1888 but not 1890


Above photo of sister JULIA F is copyright of the Northumberland County Council Archives