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Name: ERA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 17/09/1861
Completed: 1861
Builder: Palmer Bros & Co
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 101
Dimensions: 566grt, 437nrt, 201.5 x 24.0 x 15.0ft
Engines: I2cyl (34 & 34 x 30ins), 90hp
Engines by: Palmer Bros & Co
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 29545
History:
1861 Malcolmson Brothers, Waterford
1870 Registered at Liverpool
1876 General Steam Navigation Company, London
by 1900 The Lynn Oil Cake Mills Co Ltd, Lynn
1906 R & W Paul Ltd, Ipswich
by 1910 Smith's Dock Trust Co Ltd, Great Yarmouth
1910 Broken up
Comments: by 1900: Engines removed & converted to a lighter
1890: Broken up