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Name: HARTINGTON launched as IDAS
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 29/12/1883
Completed: 10/1884
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 527
Dimensions: 2095grt, 1214nrt, 281.0 x 37.2 x 23.0ft
Engines: C2cyl (33 & 64 x 42ins), 209rhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 89471
History:
17/10/1884 Hudson Shipping Co Ltd, Newcastle
1896 Navigazione à Vapore Unione, Ragusa
1900 Renamed EPIDAURO
1902 Epidauro SS Co Ltd (G Racic), Ragusa & Dubrovnik
1907 Navigazione à Vapore Unione (G Racic), Ragusa
1909 Navigazione Libera Giov Racich & Co, Lussinpiccolo
13/02/1913 Wrecked
Comments: 29/12/1883: Launched as IDAS
13/02/1913: Wrecked at Overton Cliffs, Port Eynon
On a voyage from Genoa to Swansea in ballast


Above photo as EPIDAURO is courtesy of Photoship

Newcastle Journal, Monday, 31/12/1883