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Name: TWEED
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 16/06/1885
Completed: 06/1885
Builder: Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd
Yard: Bill Quay
Yard Number: 2
Dimensions: 240grt, 151nrt, 128.2 x 22.7 x 8.9ft
Engines: C2cyl (17 & 32 x 24ins), 50nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 89374
History:
15/10/1885 George W Nicoll, Sydney, NSW
19/04/1888 Wrecked
Comments: Accommodation for 18 x 1st Class passengers
19/04/1888: Wrecked at the entrance of the Tweed River, NSW


Newcastle Journal, Thursday, 18/06/1885