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Name: RAGUSA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 22/06/1883
Completed: 08/1883
Builder: Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 48
Dimensions: 1423grt, 927nrt, 260.0 x 35.1 x 15.5ft
Engines: C2cyl (28.5 & 60 x 42ins), 98nhp
Engines by: Hawks, Crawshay & Son, Gateshead
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 88737
History:
08/08/1883 Stephens & Mawson, Newcastle
1887 Red “R” Steamship Co Ltd (Stephens & Mawson), Newcastle
1898 Matthew Thomas & Co, Cardiff
1900 Ragusa Steamship Co Ltd (M Thomas & Son), Cardiff
1911 Halfdan Kuhnle, Bergen; renamed RONDE
1912 Broken up
Comments: 19/05/1912: Stranded near Radicatel on the River Seine
On a voyage from Sundsvall to Rouen with a cargo of wood pulp
Subsequently refloated and towed to Honfleur
1912: Broken up at Honfleur