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Name: NEWBIGGIN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 27/10/1883
Completed: 1883
Builder: CS Swan & Hunter
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 79
Dimensions: 902grt, 557nrt, 215.0 x 30.7 x 13.8ft
Engines: C2cyl (27 & 50 x 36ins), 99nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 88758
History:
1883 JJ & CM Forster, Newcastle
1891 Newcastle Steam Ship Co Ltd (JJ & CM Forster)
1901 JJ & CM Forster, Newcastle
1904 Chr Salvesen & Co, Leith; renamed OLNA
11/01/1905 Sank
Comments: 11/01/1905: Sank near Korsør after stranding on Salskov Reef
On a voyage from Methil to Sonderburg with a cargo of coal