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Name: LIMPOPO
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 19/08/1880
Completed: 09/1880
Builder: Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 27
Dimensions: 1174grt, 750nrt, 248.0 x 32.0 x 16.3ft
Engines: C2cyl (26 & 52 x 33ins), 120nhp
Engines by: T Clark & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 82802
History:
24/09/1880 William Gray, London
10/03/1892 Wrecked
Comments: 10/03/1892: Wrecked at Réunion Island
On a voyage from Reunion to Marseilles with a cargo of sugar