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Name: NANT GWYNANT
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 04/06/1883
Completed: 07/1883
Builder: John Readhead & Co
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 194
Dimensions: 1600grt, 995nrt, 256.5 x 34.5 x 17.9ft
Engines: C2cyl (33 & 61 x 36ins), 173nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 87851
History:
07/1883 Nant Gwynant Steam Ship Co Ltd (R & D Jones), Liverpool
1895 Ulster Steamship Co Ltd (G Heyn & Sons), Belfast; renamed GLEN HEAD
08/12/1934 Wrecked
Comments: 08/12/1934: Wrecked near Nexø, Bornholm
On a voyage from Riga to Cork with a cargo of timber