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Name: OWEN WALLIS
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 14/06/1870
Completed: 23/07/1870 (trials)
Builder: Schlesinger, Davis & Co
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 23
Dimensions: 869grt, 560nrt, 209.3 x 30.0 x 17.2ft
Engines: CI2cyl (26 & 50 x 36ins), 98hp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 62351
History:
26/07/1870 Kirby & Gillies, Newcastle
21/11/1872 Wrecked
Comments: 21/11/1872: Beached after a collision with ARGUELLES off Gibraltar
On a voyage from Kustendje to the UK with a cargo of grain
12/1872: Wreck broke up and sank into deeper water


Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 15/06/1870