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Name: LAURA FELL launched as AUGUSTINE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 03/06/1871
Completed: 08/1871
Builder: JT Eltringham
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 166grt, 87nrt, 109.7 x 18.9 x 10.0ft
Engines: 2cyl (18 & 18 x 20ins), 25nhp
Engines by: JP Almond, North Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 62395
History:
11/08/1871 R Fell Jnr, Newcastle
15/03/1872 William Cawthorn, London; registered at London
by 1882 EJ Hartley, London
by 1889 Thomas Robson, Newcastle
19/12/1889 Sank
Comments: 03/06/1871: Launched as AUGUSTINE for overseas owners
19/12/1889: Foundered in the North Sea, soon after leaving Emden
On a voyage from Emden to Hull with a cargo of paper