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Name: ALSTER
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 06/03/1867
Completed: 15/04/1867
Builder: Schlesinger, Davis & Co
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 9
Dimensions: 709grt, 528nrt, 200.0 x 28.6 x 16.2ft
Engines: 2cyl (36 & 26ins), 80hp
Engines by: Thompson, Boyd & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: n/a; (1882: 81788)
History:
1867 OL Eichmann, Hamburg
1880 Powley, Thomas & Co, Cardiff
17/12/1885 Sank
Comments: 17/12/1885: Foundered off St Ives, Cornwall after striking rocks
On a voyage from Swansea to St Nazaire with a cargo of coal