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Name: WOODHORN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 05/06/1879
Completed: 1879
Builder: CS Swan & Co
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 42
Dimensions: 1516grt, 979nrt, 245.9 x 33.3 x 22.9ft
Engines: C2cyl (30 & 57 x 39ins), 160nhp
Engines by: T Clark & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 79221
History:
1879 George R Dawson, North Shields
1886 Brown, Walton & Co, North Shields
1890 Brown & Walton, North Shields
1891 J Walton, North Shields
1892 J H Sylvander, Strömstad; renamed HENRI
1895 A Sylvander, Marseille
31/03/1897 Missing
Comments: 06/1891: Damaged by fire
31/03/1897: Sailed from Swansea to Marseille with a cargo of patent fuel
Subsequently posted missing


Shipping & Mercantile Gazette, Saturday, 07/06/1879