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Name: COLOMBO
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 13/12/1871
Completed: 03/1872
Builder: Charles Mitchell & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 252
Dimensions: 1902grt, 1231nrt, 280.3 x 35.0 x 25.6ft
Engines: CI2cyl (33 & 66 x 42ins), 200nhp
Engines by: T Clark & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 65664
History:
03/1872 Watts, Milburn & Co, London
1879 Transferred to Watts, Ward & Co, London
09/07/1885 Wrecked
Comments: 09/07/1885: Wrecked on Scatterie Island, Cape Breton