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Name: RHYL
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 19/08/1879
Completed: 10/1879
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 402
Dimensions: 1363grt, 883nrt, 240.0 x 33.2 x 18.1ft
Engines: C2cyl (28 & 54 x 36ins), 130nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.75 (trials)
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 81777
History:
02/10/1879 John Cory & Sons, Cardiff
1899 John Cory & Sons Ltd, Cardiff
24/07/1900 Sank
Comments: 24/07/1900: Sank after a collision with ROYSTON GRANGE off Holyhead
On a voyage from Ardrossan to Newport in ballast


Jarrow Express, Friday, 22/08/1879

Shields Daily News, Wednesday, 25/07/1900