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Name: SALTWELL
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 02/1872
Completed: 07/1872
Builder: T & W Smith
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 53
Dimensions: 1815grt, 1167nrt, 259.4 x 34.3 x 23.5ft
Engines: C2cyl, 140hp
Engines by: Ravenhill, Hodgson & Co, London
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 67323
History:
01/06/1872 Elliott, Lowrey & Dunford, Newcastle
24/08/1873 Wrecked
Comments: Accommodation for 40 x passengers
24/08/1873: Wrecked on SE coast of Scatarie Island, Nova Scotia
On a voyage from London to Sydney, Nova Scotia, in ballast


Newcastle Journal, Monday, 01/07/1872