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Name: AVOCHIE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 09/06/1884
Completed: 1884
Builder: William Dobson & Co
Yard: Walker
Yard Number: 3
Dimensions: 1591grt, 1034nrt, 249.0 x 34.0 x 16.9ft
Engines: C2cyl (31 & 58 x 36ins), 200hp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 88860
History:
1884 Adam & Co, Aberdeen
1889 AG Morris, Hong Kong
1895 Hiroumi Nisaburo, Kobe & Tsuruga; renamed YEDO MARU
1904 Imperial Japanese Navy
03/05/1904 Sank
Comments: 1904: Requisitioned by Imperial Japanese Navy for use in the war with Russia
03/05/1904: Sunk as a blockship in the entrance channel off Port Arthur