Name: | MARECA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 04/03/1882 |
Completed: | 04/1882 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 457 |
Dimensions: | 2211grt, 1425nrt, 300.2 x 37.3 x 23.0ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (36 & 68 x 45ins), 250nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 85119 |
History: | |
01/04/1882 | Porteous & Senier, London |
1886 | “Avis” Steamships Ltd, London |
1891 | Dent & Co, London |
1891 | Mareca Shipping Co Ltd (Dent & Co), London |
21/01/1898 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 20/01/1898: Wrecked west of St Govan’s Head |
On a voyage from Cork to Newport in ballast | |
21/01/1898: Wreck broke in two and aft part sank in deep water |
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