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Name: LINDA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 15/03/1873
Completed: 04/1873
Builder: John Readhead & Co
Yard: Lawe Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 92
Dimensions: 1342grt, 870nrt, 242.6 x 32.4 x 18.4ft
Engines: C2cyl (27 & 54 x 33ins), 140nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 67346
History:
23/04/1873 J Ridley, Son & Tully, Newcastle
1882 Fratelli Cancellieri, Civitavecchia
1890 P Milesi, Genoa
1898 Gazzo & Cerruti, Genoa; renamed CLELIA
1900 E Larrinaga, Gijon
1902 C Larrinaga, Gijon; renamed MARGARITA
25/10/1911 Wrecked
Comments: 20/01/1881: Broke moorings and sank at Civitavecchia after arriving from the
Tyne with a cargo of coal. Subsequently refloated and sold
25/10/1911: Wrecked at San Esteban de Pravia
When outward for Barcelona with a cargo of coal