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Name: NORTH ERIN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 03/11/1883
Completed: 12/1883
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 520
Dimensions: 2078grt, 1349nrt, 275.0 x 36.2 x 24.5ft
Engines: C2cyl (33 & 64 x 42ins), 205nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 89505
History:
27/12/1883 Hugh Roberts & Son, London
1897 Navigazione à Vapore Unione, Trieste
20/06/1897 Sank
Comments: 19/06/1897: Caught fire 148 miles from Taranto
On a voyage from Fiume to Bordeaux with a cargo of wood
20/06/1897: Scuttled with gunfire from Italian warship RAPIDO


Shields Daily News, Monday, 05/11/1883