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Name: ALBATROSS
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 29/01/1884
Completed: 03/1884
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 535
Dimensions: 1450grt, 941nrt, 250.0 x 37.2 x 17.4ft
Engines: C2cyl (34 & 66 x 45ins), 235nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron & Steel
Reg Number: 89541
History:
28/03/1884 General Steam Navigation Company, London
1923 Antonio Lagorara, Genoa; renamed RACHELE
1926 Government of Eritrea, Massaua; renamed JEMEN
1928 Broken up
Comments: Accommodation for 40 x 1st & 20 x 2nd Class passengers
4Q/1928: Broken up


Above image of the builder's model is copyright of the Royal Museums Greenwich

Above image of the builder's model is copyright of the Royal Museums Greenwich

Above image of the builder's model is copyright of the Royal Museums Greenwich

Jarrow Express, Friday, 01/02/1884