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Name: LONGHIRST
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 26/02/1873
Completed: 05/1873
Builder: T & W Smith, Limekilns Shore
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 62
Dimensions: 840grt, 529nrt, 219.5 x 29.4 x 14.4ft
Engines: CI2cyl (25 & 48 x 30ins), 90nhp
Engines by: Ravenhill, Easton & Co, London
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 67349
History:
05/1873 Elliott, Lowrey & Dunford, Newcastle
07/12/1878 Wrecked
Comments: 07/12/1878: Stranded north of Whitley Bay & later sank into deeper water
On a voyage from London to the Tyne in ballast