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Name: RALEIGH’S CROSS
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 06/12/1877
Completed: 01/1878
Builder: Schlesinger, Davis & Co
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 79
Dimensions: 783grt, 497nrt, 199.8 x 28.7 x 15.3ft
Engines: C2cyl (25 & 45 x 33ins), 90nhp
Engines by: T Clark & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 77208
History:
31/12/1877 James Ware, Cardiff
04/11/1886 Wrecked
Comments: 04/11/1886: Wrecked after striking the wreck of MYOSOTIS on Portugalete Bar
When outward from Bilbao for Newport with a cargo of iron ore


Jarrow Express, Friday, 07/12/1877