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Name: ESTELLA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 02/1879
Completed: 15/03/1879
Builder: John Readhead & Co
Yard: Lawe Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 147
Dimensions: 955grt, 611nrt, 225.0 x 30.0 x 16.0ft
Engines: C2cyl (26.5 & 51 x 31ins), 99nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 78844
History:
17/03/1879 John Lewis & Co, Liverpool
14/05/1887 Sank
Comments: 14/05/1887: Sank after grounding 4 miles off Cape Corrobedo
On a voyage from Cartagena to Mostyn with a cargo of iron ore


Public Ledger & Daily Advertiser, Tuesday, 25/03/1879