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Name: NEWARK
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 01/10/1886
Completed: 1886
Builder: Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 61
Dimensions: 573grt, 350nrt, 169.5 x 27.2 x 12.9ft
Engines: C2cyl (21.5 & 40 x 30ins), 73nhp
Engines by: Hawks, Crawshay & Son, Gateshead
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 92858
History:
1886 Fisher, Renwick & Co, Newcastle
1892 Ramon de la Sota, Bilbao; renamed ALGORTA
1898 Renamed GETSO
1900 Sota y Aznar, Bilbao
1903 GI Trifiletti, Palermo; renamed ANTONINO
1913 Fratelli Biriaco, Catania; renamed ITALIA
04/01/1914 Wrecked
Comments: 04/01/1914: Wrecked at Sidi Akeche near Cap de Fer
On a voyage from Algiers to Venice with a cargo of grape residue