| Name: | URUGUAY | 
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship | 
| Launched: | 17/11/1883 | 
| Completed: | 01/1884 | 
| Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd | 
| Yard: | Low Walker | 
| Yard Number: | 464 | 
| Dimensions: | 2039grt, 1348nrt, 285.4 x 36.7 x 24.2ft | 
| Engines: | C2cyl (34 & 68 x 42ins), 220nhp | 
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend | 
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots | 
| Construction: | Iron | 
| Reg Number: | n/a | 
| History: | |
| 01/1884 | Hamburg-Sudamerikanische Dampfschifffahrts-Ges, Hamburg | 
| 30/09/1895 | Wrecked | 
| Comments: | Accommodation for 30 x 1st Class and 260 x steerage passengers | 
| 30/09/1895: Wrecked at Cabo Frio on a voyage from Montevideo to Hamburg | 

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