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Name: INDUS
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 23/10/1877
Completed: 12/1877
Builder: CS Swan & Co
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 32
Dimensions: 1907grt, 1236nrt, 285.2 x 34.2 x 24.6ft
Engines: C2cyl (32 & 62 x 36ins), 200nhp
Engines by: Black, Hawthorn & Co, Gateshead
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.5knots (trials)
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 77044
History:
04/12/1877 Mercantile Steam Ship Co Ltd, London
16/01/1883 Stranded
Comments: 16/01/1883: Wrecked near Berville in the River Seine, 15 mies from Le Havre
On a voyage from Akyab to Rouen with a cargo of rice


Jarrow Express, Friday, 21/12/1877