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Name: PELTON
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 05/09/1876
Completed: 10/1876
Builder: C Mitchell & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 338
Dimensions: 816grt, 517nrt, 212.9 x 29.2 x 16.4ft
Engines: CI2cyl (27 & 50 x 33ins), 98hp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Co, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 76198
History:
13/10/1876 RB Fenwick & J Reay, Newcastle
26/03/1882 Sank
Comments: 26/03/1882: Sank after her cargo shifted off Bull Point, Devon
On a voyage from Newport to Le Havre with a cargo of coal