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Name: RIGA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 17/03/1866
Completed: 06/1866
Builder: Andrew Leslie & Co
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 68
Dimensions: 993grt, 769nrt, 261.1 x 32.5 x 17.1ft
Engines: C2cyl (26.5 & 52.5 x 42ins), 140hp
Engines by: R Stephenson & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 55117
History:
06/1866 DR McGregor & Co, Leith
1877 Thomas Aitken, Edinburgh
1881 Laws, Surtees & Co, Leith
10/11/1882 Wrecked
Comments: 1866: Laid down or launched as RACINE