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Name: KING LEOPOLD
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 07/1872
Completed: 10/1872
Builder: T & W Smith, Limekilns Shore
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 56
Dimensions: 867grt, 546nrt, 213.6 x 28.5 x 15.2ft
Engines: C2cyl (26 & 50 x 33ins), 90nhp
Engines by: Ouseburn Engineering Works, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 67364
History:
10/1872 George Reid & Co, Newcastle
20/10/1874 Missing
Comments: 20/10/1874: Sailed Newcastle for Pillau with a cargo of coal
Subsequently reported missing