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Name: WARRINGTON
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 09/06/1886
Completed: 07/1886
Builder: CS Swan & Hunter
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 98
Dimensions: 840grt, 414nrt, 230.0 x 30.1 x 14.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (22, 35 & 57 x 42ins), 201nhp
Engines by: Westgarth, English & Co, Middlesbrough
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 93893
History:
29/07/1886 Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Co, Grimsby
1897 Great Central Railway Co, Grimsby
07/12/1903 Wrecked
Comments: Built for the Grimsby to Hamburg service
07/12/1903: Wrecked on South Haisborough Sands
On a voyage from Grimsby to Rotterdam carrying coal & general cargo


Above photo courtesy of Richard Cox

Marine Engineer, 01/07/1886