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Name: CONNAUGHT
Type: Passenger Ship
Launched: 21/04/1860
Completed: 06/1860
Builder: Palmer Bros & Co
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 81
Dimensions: 2959grt, 1521nrt, 360.5 x 40.4 x 21.5ft
Engines: 3cyl, 800nhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle - No 1081
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 28389
History:
10/05/1860 Atlantic Royal Mail Steam Navigation Co, London
08/10/1860 Sank
Comments: Accommodation for 700 x passengers
08/10/1860: Destroyed by fire, 150 miles from Boston
On a voyage from Galway to St John's, Newfoundland


Above image is copyright of the Illustrated London News

Above image is copyright of the National Maritime Museum

The Newcastle Courant, Friday, 27/04/1860

The Liverpool Mercury, Saturday, 20/10/1860