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Name: NAIRNSHIRE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 11/07/1889
Completed: 1889
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 287
Dimensions: 3819grt, 2438nrt, 350.5 x 47.7 x 24.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (27, 44 & 71 x 48ins), 407nhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 96079
History:
1889 Elderslie Steam Ship Co Ltd (Turnbull, Martin & Co), Glasgow
1899 Duke of Norfolk Steamship Co Ltd (JB Westray & Co), Glasgow
1899 Renamed DUKE OF NORFOLK
1905 C Andersen, Hamburg; renamed MARCELLUS
1908 Rederi A/B Banco (CJ Banck), Stockholm; renamed JOHANNA
1914 Const Ath Pappageorgacopulo, Patras; renamed PERICLES
24/05/1914 Sank
Comments: 24/05/1914: Sank 90 miles off Ouessant after striking submerged wreckage
On a voyage from Swansea to Alexandria with a cargo of coal


Above photo as DUKE OF NORFOLK copyright of J Clarkson