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Name: MORFA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 12/04/1862
Completed: 06/1862
Builder: Palmer Bros & Co
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 114
Dimensions: 397grt, 300nrt, 140.5 x 25.0 x 14.0ft
Engines: D2cyl (27 & 27 x 24ins), 80hp
Engines by: WJ Thompson & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 29600
History:
30/06/1862 Arthur P Vivian, Swansea
16/02/1894 Sank
Comments: 16/02/1894: Foundered 1 mile east of Strumble Bank, Pembrokeshire
On a voyage from Swansea to Belfast