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Name: PTOLEMY
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 14/03/1865
Completed: 04/1865
Builder: Andrew Leslie & Co
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 62
Dimensions: 1115grt, 799nrt, 257.2 x 31.2 x 19.7ft
Engines: 2cyl, 80hp; (by 1878: CI2cyl (26 & 56 x 42ins), 80hp);
(1880: C2cyl (22 & 50 x 42ins), 120nhp)
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle; (by 1878: G Forrester & Co, Liverpool);
(1880: Fawcett, Preston & Co, Liverpool)
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 51471
History:
20/04/1865 Liverpool, Brazil & River Plate Steam Navigation Co, Liverpool
1899 Broken up
Comments: by 1878: Re-engined
1880: Re-engined
1899: Broken up