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Name: POLAM
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 03/11/1873
Completed: 01/1874
Builder: Andrew Leslie & Co
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 149
Dimensions: 1101grt, 702nrt, 234.0 x 28.7 x 19.0ft
Engines: C2cyl (25 & 50 x 36ins), 90nhp
Engines by: Maudsley, Sons & Field, London
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 67390
History:
14/01/1874 Edward J Hough & Co, North Shields; registered at Newcastle
1874 Edward J Hough & Co, Grimsby; registered at Grimsby
04/11/1884 Sank
Comments: 04/11/1884: Sank after a collision with CLAUDIA, 110 miles south of Lisbon
On a voyage from Newcastle to Genoa with a cargo of coal


Shields Daily News, Friday, 15/01/1886