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Name: PRESTO
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 17/07/1879
Completed: 08/1879
Builder: C Mitchell & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 382
Dimensions: 994grt, 638nrt, 215.0 x 31.1 x 16.2ft
Engines: C2cyl (29 & 55 x 33ins), 130hp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 80549
History:
22/08/1879 RB Fenwick & J Reay, Newcastle
1896 RS Gardiner & J Reay, Newcastle
1899 Pelton Steamship Co Ltd (RS Gardiner & J Reay), Newcastle
31/07/1904 Sank
Comments: 31/07/1904: Sank after a collision with TRESILLIAN in the Thames
On a voyage from London to the Tyne in ballast
Subsequently refloated and broken up in Germany