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Name: MANUKA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 19/04/1890
Completed: 05/1890
Builder: Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 79
Dimensions: 1814grt, 1092nrt, 260.0 x 36.7 x 16.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (20, 34 & 54 x 36ins), 184nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 98091
History:
05/1890 Manuka Steamship Co Ltd (T Stephens & Sons), London
1899 Cia Santanderina de Nav, Santander; renamed PEŅA ANGUSTINA
1919 Cia de Nav Vizcaya, Santander; renamed VIZCAINO
1920 Renamed ALBIA
28/09/1929 Wrecked
Comments: 28/09/1929: Wrecked on Allen Rock, ENE of the Maidens, County Antrim
On a voyage from Huelva to Londonderry with a cargo of copper ore