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Name: DERWENTWATER
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 30/07/1878
Completed: 10/1878
Builder: CS Swan & Co
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 37
Dimensions: 1253grt, 798nrt, 230.0 x 32.2 x 21.7ft
Engines: C2cyl (29 & 55 x 36ins), 140nhp
Engines by: Black, Hawthorn & Co, Gateshead
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 76246
History:
02/10/1878 Henry Strachan, Newcastle
1886 Henry Strachan & Co, Newcastle
14/11/1890 Sank
Comments: 14/11/1890: Sank prior to this date after striking a reef off Cape Finisterre
On a voyage from Lattakia & Suedich to Hull with a cargo of wheat


The Newcastle Courant, Friday, 02/08/1878