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Name: VOLUNTEER
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 30/07/1862
Completed: 09/1862
Builder: Marshall Brothers
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 691grt, 544nrt, 194.5 x 28.8 x 16.9ft; (1867: 846grt, 672nrt, 210.3 x 31.7 x 18.1ft)
Engines: 90hp
Engines by:
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 44494
History:
10/09/1862 James Laing, Sunderland; registered at Sunderland
by 1865 ET Gourley, Sunderland
26/09/1868 Sank
Comments: 1867: Lengthened & re-built
26/09/1868: Foundered 170 miles SSW of the Lizard Point
On a voyage from Cardiff to Trieste