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Name: RETRIEVER
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 25/10/1870
Completed: 11/1870
Builder: WB Hornby
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 6
Dimensions: 726grt, 465nrt, 181.4 x 27.0 x 19.0ft
Engines: S2cyl, 70hp
Engines by:
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 63683
History:
03/12/1870 CJ Briggs, Sunderland
1871 John Lacy, Liverpool
12/1871 Missing
Comments: 22/12/1871: Sailed from Salonica but subsequently reported missing
On a voyage from Salonika to the UK with a cargo of grain