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Name: BLENCOWE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 27/07/1881
Completed: 09/1881
Builder: JT Eltringham
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: 89
Dimensions: 541grt 345nrt 165.0 x 26.1 x 13.0ft
Engines: C2cyl (22 & 40 x 30ins), 70nhp
Engines by: JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 83911
History:
05/09/1881 Fisher, Renwick & Co (George Renwick, manager), Newcastle
25/05/1900 Sank
Comments: 25/05/1900: Sank after a collision with RIO TINTO 4 miles south
of the Cross Sands light vessel off Caister on Sea, Norfolk
On a voyage from Amble to Shoreham with a cargo of coal