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Name: NORMAN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 17/09/1879
Completed: 10/1879
Builder: C Mitchell & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 383
Dimensions: 948grt, 597nrt, 210.6 x 30.1 x 16.3ft
Engines: C2cyl (26 & 52 x 30ins), 100hp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 80553
History:
14/10/1879 H Clapham & Co, Newcastle
1884 Clapham Steam Ship Co Ltd, Newcastle
28/04/1888 Wrecked
Comments: 28/04/1888: Wrecked on Horns Reef, off the west coast of Denmark
On a voyage from St Raphael to Stettin with a cargo of bauxite


Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 17/10/1879