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Name: ATHELSTANE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 23/04/1872
Completed: 06/1872
Builder: Andrew Leslie & Co
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 145
Dimensions: 1123grt, 660nrt, 225.5 x 30.7 x 17.4ft
Engines: C2cyl (26 & 52 x 30ins), 122nhp
Engines by: Thompson, Boyd & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 65436
History:
06/06/1872 Adamson & Co, North Shields
1876 Adamson & Short, North Shields
1887 HEP Adamson, North Shields
16/12/1892 Sank
Comments: 16/12/1892: Sank after a collision with PSYCHE, 4 miles ENE of Staithes
On a voyage from Shields to Rotterdam with a cargo of coal