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Name: SAKKARAH
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 01/05/1897
Completed: 16/06/1897
Builder: Wigham Richardson & Co
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 331
Dimensions: 4546grt, 2921nrt, 6377dwt, 375.0 x 46.5 x 27.0ft
Engines: Q4cyl (22, 31, 47 & 68 x 45ins), 385nhp
Engines by: Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.3knots (trials)
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
16/06/1897 Deutsche Dampfs Ges "Kosmos", Hamburg
01/05/1902 Wrecked
Comments: Accommodation for 24 x 1st & 14 x 2nd Class passengers
01/05/1902: Wrecked on Huamblin Island, southern Chile
On a voyage from Valparaiso to Hamburg with a cargo of nitrates


Above painting showing SAKKARAH in Chile in 1901 is by JH Mohrmann