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Name: KING COAL
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 24/04/1871
Completed: 09/1871
Builder: T & W Smith, Limekilns Shore
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 49
Dimensions: 762grt, 563nrt, 209.0 x 28.0 x 14.4ft
Engines: 2cyl (38 & 38 x 30ins), 90hp; (1878: CI2cyl (25 & 48 x 30ins), 90nhp)
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 62391
History:
09/1871 Edward Eccles & Co, North Shields
1876 Edward Eccles, North Shields
05/08/1882 Wrecked
Comments: 1878: Engine compounded by R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle
05/08/1882: Wrecked on Vogelsand, Elbe mouth
On a voyage from the Tyne to Hamburg with a cargo of coal