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Name: SWIFT
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 02/09/1886
Completed: 1886
Builder: Schlesinger, Davis & Co
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 143
Dimensions: 141grt, 61nrt, 110.0 x 19.1 x 8.6ft
Engines: C2cyl (17 & 32 x 24ins) 45nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 86629
History:
1886 RS & WF Paul, Ipswich
30/11/1897 Lost
Comments: 30/11/1897: Lost 5nm NE Bar Light Ship, River Mersey


Marine Engineer, October 1886