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Name: PLUTUS
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 18/03/1882
Completed: 03/1882
Builder: T & W Smith
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 76
Dimensions: 1259grt, 812nrt, 250.0 x 36.0 x 13.5ft
Engines: CI2cyl (30 & 56 x 36ins), 150nhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 85138
History:
03/1882 Thomas Kish, London
09/12/1882 Wrecked
Comments: 09/12/1882: Wrecked 10 miles south of Shoalhaven, New South Wales
on a voyage from Newcastle NSW to Melbourne with a cargo of coal