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Name: SIRIUS
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 20/03/1869
Completed: 1869
Builder: Andrew Leslie & Co
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 116
Dimensions: 2168grt, 1412nrt, 316.2 x 34.9 x 29.3ft
Engines: C2cyl (29 & 66 x 48ins), 280hp; (1882: C2cyl (28 & 66 x 42ins), 250hp)
Engines by: R Stephenson & Co, Newcastle; (1882: Fawcett, Preston & Co, Liverpool)
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 63221
History:
1869 Star Navigation Company Ltd (Rathbone Bros), Liverpool
1878 Liverpool, Brazil & River Plate SN Co (Lamport & Holt), Liverpool
04/1899 Broken up
Comments: 04/1899: Broken up at Genoa