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Name: KING RICHARD
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 08/02/1875
Completed: 1875
Builder: John Readhead & Co
Yard: Lawe Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 107
Dimensions: 1825grt, 1133nrt, 261.1 x 33.8 x 23.1ft
Engines: CI2cyl (36 & 66 x 36ins), 190nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 70943
History:
1875 James Carlton, Liverpool
1877 Mitsubishi Yubin Kisen Kaisha, Tokyo; renamed KOKONOE MARU
07/1882 Sank
Comments: 07/1882: Sank (no details available)