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Name: MARCIA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 07/1874
Completed: 09/1874
Builder: Cole Bros
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 24
Dimensions: 1641grt, 1060nrt, 265.0 x 34.0 x 24.5ft
Engines: C2cyl (33 & 65 x 36ins), 200nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 70611
History:
07/09/1874 Watts Milburn & Co, London
1879 W Milburn & Co, Newcastle & London
1895 JW Waugh, South Shields
10/07/1899 Wrecked
Comments: 10/07/1899: Wrecked at Pern Point, Ushant
On a voyage from Philippeville to Aberdeen with a cargo of esparto grass


Shields Daily Gazette, Saturday, 15/07/1899