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Name: LIBELLE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 16/12/1880
Completed: 1880
Builder: Schlesinger, Davis & Co
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 113
Dimensions: 1321grt, 865nrt, 244.5 x 33.2 x 18.0ft
Engines: C2cyl (29 & 56 x 36ins), 157nhp
Engines by: T Clark & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number:
History:
1880 OL Eichmann, Hamburg
1883 Brigham & Cowan, South Shields
1884 G Milne & Co, Aberdeen
1890 Central Borneo Co Ltd, London
1893 New Central Borneo Co Ltd, London
1898 Labuan & Borneo Ltd (JR Elliott), London
1900 Gutierrez Hermanos, Manila; renamed MAGALLANES
31/12/1941 Scuttled
Comments: 12/01/1883: Stranded on Cullercoats Rocks after engine failure
On a voyage from Bergen to the Tyne in ballast
23/01/1883: Back broke during various salvage attempts.
Subsequently sold to Brigham & Cowan, salvaged & rebuilt
31/12/1941: Scuttled at Manila


Shields Daily Gazette, Monday 09/07/1883