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Name: ADONIS
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 1847
Completed: 1847
Builder: J Coutts
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 375grt, 248nrt, 171.4 x 23.0 x 12.8ft;
(1858: 492grt, 335nrt, 199.8 x 25.2 x 14.1ft)
Engines: 60nhp; (1858: 100nhp)
Engines by: Rennie & Son
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 14201
History:
1847 Mr Robinson, London
04/05/1848 J Malcolmson, Waterford; registered at Waterford
by 1850 St Petersburg Steam Shipping Co, Waterford
by 1862 Waterford Steamship Co, Waterford
04/01/1862 Wrecked
Comments: 1858: Lengthened to 199.8ft & re-engined
1850: Trading between London & Holland
04/01/1862: Wrecked at Dalkey, 8 miles SE of Dublin
On a voyage from Belfast to London carrying general cargo


Dundee Courier, Wednesday, 08/01/1862