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Name: VESTA launched as RENWICK
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 18/04/1889
Completed: 05/1889
Builder: Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 71
Dimensions: 1052grt, 677nrt, 210.5 x 31.2 x 15.3ft
Engines: T3cyl (18, 28 & 46 x 30ins), 115nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
05/1889 Finska Angfartygs A/B, Helsingfors
15/01/1945 Capsized and sank
Comments: Launched as RENWICK for Fisher, Renwick & Co, Newcastle
15/01/1945: Capsized off Örskär Light House at 60.36N – 18.23E
35 miles east of Gefle, after her cargo of wheat shifted
On a voyage from Norrköping to Helsingfors with a cargo of wheat