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Name: SEAHAM
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 09/1870
Completed: 02/1871
Builder: T & W Smith, Limekilns Shore
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 45
Dimensions: 483grt, 157.2ft; (1871: 535grt, 344nrt, 167.2 x 30.1 x 13.2ft)
Engines: C4cyl (17, 17 & 34, 34 x 24ins), 80nhp
Engines by: Ravenhill, Hodgson & Co, London
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 62364
History:
02/1871 T & W Smith, Newcastle
04/12/1877 Sank
Comments: 1871: Lengthened to 167.2ft
04/12/1877: Sank after collision with BREEZE 4nm ExS Haisborough Light Vessel
On a voyage from Goole to Ghent with coal & general cargo