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Name: PRIOR
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 24/11/1874
Completed: 12/1874
Builder: Cole Bros
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 26
Dimensions: 1648grt, 1072nrt, 265.0 x 34.0 x 24.5ft
Engines: CI2cyl (32 & 62 x 36ins), 160nhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 70684
History:
30/01/1875 Thomas H Davison, London
1884 Hugh Blaik & Co, Leith
1898 Euxine Steamship Co Ltd, London
1899 Bank of Athens (A Curenta, manager), Piraeus; renamed AGLAIA CURENTI
1911 Renamed MESOLONGI
29/10/1913 Wrecked
Comments: 29/10/1913: Wrecked off Casablanca
On a voyage from Marseilles to Casablanca with a cargo of esparto