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Name: UGANDA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 02/1876
Completed: 06/03/1876
Builder: John Readhead & Co
Yard: Lawe Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 119
Dimensions: 297grt, 188nrt, 143.9 x 22.5 x 10.8ft
Engines: C2cyl (15 & 30 x 20ins), 45nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 73619
History:
06/03/1876 William Newcomb, London
03/03/1878 Jerveland & Clepham, Middlesbrough
1879 Thomas R Clepham, Middlesbrough
11/08/1888 D Lauritzen & S Meinertz, Esbjerg
26/12/1888 Sank
Comments: 11/08/1888: Cost £2,750
24/12/1888: Sprank a leak on a voyage from Charlestown, Fife to Kolding, Denmark
26/12/1888: Foundered in the North Sea. All the crew were saved