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Name: SWIFT
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 02/02/1882
Completed: 02/1882
Builder: C Mitchell & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 435
Dimensions: 190grt, 98nrt, 110.0 x 20.1 x 10.2ft
Engines: CI2cyl (14 & 25 x 18ins), 30nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 83585
History:
28/02/1882 Carr & Co, Maryport
20/08/1899 Sank
Comments: 20/08/1899: Sank after a collision with MAGGIE BARR off the Tuskar Lightship