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Name: CUVIER
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 21/07/1883
Completed: 1883
Builder: Andrew Leslie & Co
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 241
Dimensions: 2299grt, 1452nrt, 302.0 x 37.2 x 24.5ft
Engines: C2cyl (34 & 66 x 48ins), 251nhp
Engines by: Robert Stephenson & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 87903
History:
1883 Liverpool, Brazil & River Plate SN Co Ltd (Lamport & Holt), Liverpool
09/03/1900 Sank
Comments: 09/03/1900: Sank after a collision with ss DOVRE off Calais
whilst on a voyage from Antwerp to Brazil.