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Name: IDAHO
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 13/02/1869
Completed: 04/1869
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 235
Dimensions: 3132grt, 2025nrt, 345.3 x 43.4 x 20.0ft
Engines: I2cyl (63.5 & 63.5 x 48ins), 400hp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 58991
History:
05/04/1869 Liverpool & Great Western Steamship Co Ltd (Guion & Co), Liverpool
01/06/1878 Wrecked
Comments: Built for the Liverpool & Queenstown to New York service
Accommodation for 72 x 1st Class & 800 x 2nd Class passengers
1871: Depth increased to 27.5ft
01/06/1878: Wrecked on the coast of Wexford, Ireland


Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 08/04/1869

Liverpool Mercury, Monday, 03/06/1878