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Name: SCORTON
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 23/11/1882
Completed: 12/1882
Builder: John Readhead & Co
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 188
Dimensions: 1545grt, 996nrt, 259.2 x 36.1 x 17.5ft
Engines: C2cyl (32 & 60 x 36ins), 150nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 86098
History:
30/12/1882 Chapman & Miller, Newcastle
06/06/1883 Wrecked
Comments: 06/06/1883: Wrecked between Bianco and Ras Engelah, Tunis
On a voyage from Sulina to Gibraltar (for orders) with a cargo of maize