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Name: MENTANA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 18/12/1884
Completed: 01/1885
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 547
Dimensions: 1664grt, 1068nrt, 266.5 x 36.3 x 16.8ft
Engines: C2cyl (32 & 60 x 39ins), 150nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 91483
History:
03/02/1885 Scott Brothers, Newcastle
13/05/1891 Sank
Comments: 13/05/1891: Sank after a collision with FRIED KRUPP, 16 miles off Ouessant
On a voyage from Newcastle to Genoa with a cargo of coal


Shields Daily News, Friday, 19/12/1884

Hampshire Independent, Saturday, 23/05/1891