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Name: PETOFI
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 23/11/1893
Completed: 11/01/1894
Builder: Wigham Richardson & Co
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 295
Dimensions: 2257grt, 1425nrt, 3523dwt, 285.2 x 38.2 x 22.9ft
Engines: T3cyl (22, 36 & 59 x 39ins), 237nhp
Engines by: Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.6knots (trials)
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
11/01/1894 Adria Royal Hungarian Sea Nav Co Ltd, Fiume
28/10/1903 Missing
Comments: Contract Price £31113; Profit £1621-12s-9d
28/10/1903: Sailed from Messina and lost without trace.
On a voyage from Fiume to West Hartlepool with flour and barley