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Name: WELLINGTON
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 27/01/1883
Completed: 03/1883
Builder: Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 449
Dimensions: 1964grt, 1267nrt, 270.0 x 37.3 x 22.0ft
Engines: C2cyl (35 & 68 x 42ins), 234nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 86105
History:
20/03/1883 Dunsmuir & Diggle, Newcastle
1886 Robert Dunsmuir, Newcastle
07/06/1889 Mrs JO Dunsmuir, Newcastle
1900 R Dunsmuir & Sons, Newcastle
1915 Canadian Colliers (Dunsmuir) Ltd, Newcastle
18/11/1916 Wellington Steamship Co Ltd (W & S Job & Co Inc), St John's, Newfoundland
1920 Liberty Steam Ship Co Ltd, St John's
1921 Wellington Steamship Co Ltd, St John's
1922 VA Czamansky (FV Eberhardt & Co Ltd), Danzig
1923 Garth Shipping Co Ltd (L Macarthy), Newcastle: renamed AYSGARTH
1925 Henry Clapham & Co Ltd (L Macarthy), Newcastle
1928 Garth Shipping Co Ltd (L Macarthy), Newcastle
1932 Broken up
Comments: 12/04/1889: Robert Dunsmuir dies
1932: Broken up in Q4


Above photo as AYSGARTH is copyright of the City of Vancouver Archives

Shields Daily Gazette, Tuesday, 30/01/1883