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Name: HUNTING TOWER
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 23/12/1881
Completed: 01/1882
Builder: J Wigham Richardson & Co
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 136
Dimensions: 2412grt, 1572nrt, 3440dwt, 300.0 x 37.3 x 27.0ft
Engines: C2cyl (35 & 70 x 48ins), 300nhp
Engines by: J Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 85102
History:
01/1882 Stumore, Weston & Co, London
1888 Neptune SN Co (W & T Pinkney, managers), Sunderland; renamed URBINO
1899 Soc Lombarda L’Importazione Carboni Fossili; renamed MONZA
1910 G Palozio, Genoa
1913 Broken up
Comments: Contract Price £38695, Profit £5328-9s-10d
1913: Broken up at Genoa.