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Name: LADY ARMSTRONG
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 06/08/1883
Completed: 1883
Builder: Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 458
Dimensions: 2066grt, 1343nrt, 286.0 x 37.1 x 23.0ft
Engines: C2cyl (34 & 66 x 42ins), 235nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 87391
History:
1883 Lady Armstrong SS Co Ltd (Adam, Hamilton & Co Ltd), Greenock
1891 Glamorgan SS Co Ltd (D & C Radcliffe), Cardiff; renamed GLAMORGAN
15/04/1891 Sank
Comments: 15/04/1891: Sank after a collision with Dutch ss P CALAND when 10 miles
West of Varne LV on a voyage from Antwerp to Cardiff in ballast