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Name: TORMORE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 12/06/1889
Completed: 07/1889
Builder: Edwards Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 43
Dimensions: 1698grt, 1021nrt, 255.0 x 36.3 x 16.9ft
Engines: T3cyl (20, 33 & 53 x 36ins), 140nhp
Engines by: JG Kincaid & Co Ltd, Greenock
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 96076
History:
22/07/1889 Schiehallion Steam Ship Co Ltd (Whimster & Watson), Glasgow
1893 G Younger (Caw, Prentice, Clapperton & Co), Glasgow
15/07/1896 Wrecked
Comments: 15/07/1896: Wrecked at Pole Heads near Trepassey
On a voyage from Cardiff to Halifax NS with a cargo of coal