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Name: RESTORER
Type: Cable Ship
Launched: 04/09/1902
Completed: 01/1903
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd
Yard: Elswick
Yard Number: 725
Dimensions: 3180grt, 1284nrt, 358.4 x 44.0 x 28.8ft
Engines: 2 x T3cyl (23, 39 & 64 x 42ins), 705nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 15.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 115947
History:
05/01/1903 Eastern Extension, Australasia & China Telegraph Co, London
1904 George C Ward, London
1915 Commercial Pacific Cable Co, New York
1951 Broken up
Comments: 3Q/1951: Broken up at San Francisco


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Shields Daily News, Friday, 05/09/1902