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Name: PHOSPHOR
Type: Tanker
Launched: 26/01/1889
Completed: 02/1889
Builder: Sir W.G. Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 538
Dimensions: 2023grt, 1326nrt, 270.0 x 37.7 x 25.9ft
Engines: T3cyl (20, 34 & 55 x 36ins), 200nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 93847
History:
02/1889 Phosphor SS Co Ltd (R Stewart & Co), Liverpool
1904 Lennard's Carrying Co Ltd (JM Lennard & Sons), Middlesbrough
12/07/1904 Sank
Comments: 10/07/1904: Damaged in a collision with MOERDIJK in the Atlantic
12/07/1904: Sank off Ouessant at 49N - 05W
On a voyage from Middlesbrough to Braila in ballast