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Name: KINGSLEY
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 16/04/1881
Completed: 05/1881
Builder: T & W Smith
Yard: Limekilns Shore, North Shields
Yard Number: 72
Dimensions: 696grt, 435nrt, 181.2 x 30.2 x 13.6ft
Engines: C2cyl (25 & 48 x 30ins), 90nhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 83903
History:
17/05/1881 Eccles & Ball, Newcastle
1907 Harries Bros & Co, Newcastle
02/07/1928 Rederi A/B Globe, Malmo; renamed MARY
1929 Harries Bros & Co, Newcastle
3Q/1929 Broken up
Comments: 1929: Sale cancelled, ownership reverted
3Q/1929: Broken up


Above photo as KINGSLEY is courtesy of David Asprey

Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 18/04/1881