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Name: RABY CASTLE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 28/12/1871
Completed: 02/1872
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 281
Dimensions: 1708grt, 1086nrt, 275.0 x 32.9 x 24.1ft
Engines: C2cyl (30 & 60 x 33ins), 140nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 65658
History:
14/02/1872 Hall Brothers, London
12/03/1872 Wrecked
Comments: 12/03/1872: Wrecked off Pantelleria during fog
On a voyage from Newcastle to Bombay with a cargo of coal


Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 14/03/1872