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Name: CARN MARTH
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 12/01/1884
Completed: 03/1884
Builder: Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 52
Dimensions: 1687grt, 1059nrt, 265.0 x 36.1 x 19.0ft
Engines: C2cyl (32 & 62 x 42ins), 208nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 89733
History:
20/03/1884 E Handcock & Co, Falmouth
17/05/1909 Sank
Comments: 17/05/1909: Sank after striking rocks off Cap la Hogue
On a voyage from Barry to Le Havre with a cargo of coal


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