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Name: FOYLE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 29/10/1872
Completed: 04/01/1873
Builder: Cole Bros
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 17
Dimensions: 320grt, 199nrt, 160.0 x 21.1 x 12.1ft
Engines: I2cyl (28 & 28 x 24ins), 56nhp
Engines by: Marshall, Osborne & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 63020
History:
04/01/1873 Michael McChrystal, South Shields
1877 Michael Murphy Jr, Londonderry
1889 F Campbell & Co, Liverpool
1894 R Hughes & Co, Liverpool
19/08/1897 Sank
Comments:
19/08/1897: Foundered 20nm south of Bardsey
On a voyage from Garston to Fowey with a cargo of coal