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Name: SOUTH WALES
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 09/02/1883
Completed: 1883
Builder: Schlesinger, Davis & Co
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 130
Dimensions: 1362grt, 867nrt, 250.8 x 34.2 x 19.7ft
Engines: C2cyl (29 & 56 x 36ins), 140nhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 87461
History:
1883 South Wales Steam Ship Co Ltd (E Jones & Co), Cardiff
08/1897 Broken up
Comments: 04/12/1896: Wrecked off Cabo de Gata near Almeria
On a voyage from Cardiff to Barcelona with a cargo of coal
03/01/1897: Refloated and towed to Almeria
08/1897: Arrived at Barcelona for breaking up