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Name: W I RADCLIFFE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 02/06/1886
Completed: 07/1886
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 566
Dimensions: 1969grt, 1231nrt, 270.5 x 36.8 x 20.1ft
Engines: T3cyl (21, 34 & 57 x 39ins), 178nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 89210
History:
13/07/1886 WI Radcliffe SS Co Ltd (E Thomas Radcliffe & Co), Cardiff
1903 Aberporth Steamship Co Ltd (D Jenkins & Co), Cardiff; renamed ABERPORTH
19/06/1905 Sank
Comments: 1903: Purchased for £11080 and a further £3100 spent on repairs
19/06/1905: Sank off Karabournou in the Black Sea
On a voyage from Poti to Antwerp with a cargo of manganese ore


Above photo as W I RADCLIFFE is courtesy of Richard Cox