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Name: MILLFIELD
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 23/08/1888
Completed: 09/1888
Builder: John Readhead & Co
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 240
Dimensions: 2168grt, 1410nrt, 290.0 x 39.0 x 18.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (23, 37.5 & 61.5 x 39ins), 250nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 95664
History:
09/1888 JH Harrowing, Whitby
11/12/1897 Sank
Comments: 11/12/1897: Foundered 140 miles west of Fastnet
On a voyage from Baltimore to Belfast with a cargo of flour, corn and wheat