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Name: ARCTURUS
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 16/05/1870
Completed: 07/1870
Builder: Andrew Leslie & Co
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 117
Dimensions: 2162grt, 1397nrt, 316.2 x 34.9 x 29.4ft
Engines: 2cyl, 150hp
Engines by: R Stephenson & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 63279
History:
08/07/1870 Star Navigation Co Ltd (Rathbone Bros), Liverpool
29/12/1873 Wrecked
Comments: 29/12/1873: Wrecked on Gindurah Rock, near Galle, Ceylon
On a voyage from Calcutta to London