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Name: CAIRNAVON
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 26/05/1892
Completed: 07/1892
Builder: Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd
Yard: Bill Quay
Yard Number: 37
Dimensions: 1562grt, 998nrt, 250.6 x 36.1 x 16.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (19, 31 & 51 x 36ins), 156nhp
Engines by: Black, Hawthorn & Co, Gateshead
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 97999
History:
07/1892 Cairns Young Noble, Newcastle
by 1904 Owner re-styled as Cairn Line of Steamships Ltd, Newcastle
14/11/1904 Sank
Comments: 14/11/1904: Sank after collision with ELKAB at Palingplaat, Antwerp roads
On voyage from Tunis to Antwerp with a cargo of zinc ore


Above photo courtesy of Richard Cox