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Name: THISTLE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 01/1879
Completed: 1879
Builder: JT Eltringham
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: 73
Dimensions: 519grt, 323nrt, 166.0 x 24.2 x 31.1ft
Engines: CI2cyl (20 & 38 x 27ins), 60nhp
Engines by: G Pattison & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 76875
History:
1879 J Crawford, Stirling; registered at Grangemouth
01/09/1900 Wrecked
Comments: 01/09/1900: Stranded and wrecked near Tornio, Sweden