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Name: PARIKA
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 13/09/1904
Completed: 10/1904
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 729
Dimensions: 304grt, 151nrt, 141.0 x 24.5 x 8.6ft
Engines: 2 x T3cyl (9.5, 15 & 25 x 18ins), 90nhp
Engines by: JS Vaux & Co Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 120466
History:
10/1904 Sproston's Ltd, London & Georgetown, Demerara
1907 Registered at Georgetown, Demarara
1927 Deleted
Comments: 20/03/1917: Requisitioned by The Admiralty as a patrol vessel
Armed with 2 x 13pdr guns
15/01/1919: Returned to owners
1927: Deleted from Register


Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday 15th September 1904