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Name: AMBROSE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 29/12/1868
Completed: 02/1869
Builder: Andrew Leslie & Co
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 103
Dimensions: 1168grt, 867nrt, 242.0 x 29.6 x 24.7ft
Engines: C2cyl (21 & 48 x 40ins), 90nhp
Engines by: Fawcett, Preston & Co, Liverpool
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 58972
History:
11/02/1869 Alfred Booth & Co, Liverpool
1881 Booth Steamship Co Ltd, Liverpool
1893 JM Lennard & Sons, Middlesbrough
1897 JJ King, Garston
1897 Cory Brothers, London
No later history known
Comments: 29/12/1868: Capsized on to her side at launching. No deaths among spectators
30/12/1868: Vessel righted without much damage
1897: Sold to JJ King at Garston with the intention of breaking her up
1897: Converted to a coal hulk based at Grays, Essex


Newcastle Chronicle, Saturday, 02/01/1869