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Name: ASTRION
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 10/04/1883
Completed: 05/1883
Builder: CS Swan & Hunter
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 72
Dimensions: 1543grt, 1054nrt, 261 x 35.1 x 18.1ft
Engines: C2cyl (32 & 62 x 39ins), 180nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 88127
History:
17/05/1883 W Tulley & Co, Hull
1887 Mrs E Tulley, Hull
1889 W Tulley & Co, Hull
1896 Colvills, Lowden & Co, Glasgow
1900 Cia de Navegacion Internacional, Bilbao; renamed ESPAŅA
07/01/1912 Wrecked
Comments: 07/01/1912: Wrecked at La Coubre, at the mouth of the Garonne estuary
On a voyage from Sagunto to Pauillac with a cargo of iron ore


Jarrow Express, Friday, 13/04/1883