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Name: WETHERALL
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 27/12/1879
Completed: 01/1880
Builder: Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 24
Dimensions: 580grt, 372nrt, 169.5 x 27.2 x 12.8ft
Engines: C2cyl (22 & 44 x 30ins), 85nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 80559
History:
31/01/1880 Fisher, Renwick & Co, Newcastle
23/02/1887 Sank
Comments: 23/02/1887: Sank after a collision with VALLEJO, 5 miles off Folkstone
On a voyage from Sunderland to Trouville with a cargo of coal


Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 04/02/1880