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Name: ALTOFTS
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 29/01/1873
Completed: 1873
Builder: Schlesinger, Davis & Co
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 45
Dimensions: 810grt, 533nrt, 196.9 x 28.1 x 16.1ft
Engines: C2cyl (26 & 48 x 30ins), 105nhp
Engines by: Hawks, Crawshay & Co, Gateshead
Propulsion: 1 x screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 68658
History:
1873 Pope & Pearson, Hull
1881 E Maillard, Le Havre
1882 Renamed EUGÈNE
1888 Eugene SS Co Ltd (Geo Nelson & Sons), Liverpool; renamed EUGENE
1893 Ang A/B Tirfing (A Broström), Gothenburg; renamed TENTO
1901 Munzone, Mineo & C, Catania; renamed GEMELLI
1908 P Ponticos, Piraeus; renamed PETROS
1910 S Exintavelonis, Piraeus; renamed NIKITAS
1913 MC Ermakov, Mariupol; renamed NORD
1914 Deleted from Russian Register
Comments: 30/11/1911: Wrecked on Akburun Point near Kertch, salvaged & repaired
1914: Deleted from Russian Register (from Lloyd’s Register in 1923)