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Name: QUEEN OF THE ISLES
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 1853
Completed: 1853
Builder: T Toward
Yard: St Peter's Newcastle
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 142grt, 76nrt, 125.3 x 18.0 x 9.3ft
Engines: L2cyl (34 & 34 x 30ins), 66nhp; (1879: CI2cyl (12 & 24 x 12ins), 60hp)
Engines by: (1879: R Smith, Preston)
Propulsion: Paddle; (1879: 1 x Screw)
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 14820
History:
1853 Registered at Guernsey
by 1865 Alfred William Bean, Welling, Kent
1875 Thomas Readhead, Birkenhead; registered at London
1879 Registered at Liverpool
by 1884 Robert Oldfield, Rhyl
by 1885 George J Parr, Liverpool
1888 Thomas Roberts, Conway; registered at Beaumaris
15/09/1889 Sank
Comments: 15/09/1889: Foundered in Ramsey Bay after main shaft broke
On a voyage from Belfast to Garston carrying a light cargo
Lloyds has propulsion as paddle until 1885 and then 2 x Screws
This is probably incorrect


Liverpool Journal of Commerce, Tuesday, 17/09/1889