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Name: AKOLA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 25/04/1871
Completed: 05/1871
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 272
Dimensions: 1120grt, 876nrt, 231.3 x 30.0 x 17.2ft
Engines: C2cyl (25 & 50 x 33ins), 99hp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 65577
History:
27/05/1871 George Palmer et al, London
24/03/1874 Wrecked
Comments: 24/03/1874: Wrecked on Kentish Knock & broke in two
On a voyage from Kustendje to Plymouth with a cargo of barley