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Name: BYZANTIA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 11/05/1881
Completed: 1881
Builder: C Mitchell & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 428
Dimensions: 138grt
Engines: 30nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: n/a
History:
1881 Constantin Theophylactos, Baku
No later history known
Comments: Boilers adapted for burning fuel oil
Fitted with tanks for carrying a cargo of 100 tons of oil


Newcastle Courant, Friday, 3rd June 1881