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Name: NORTH EASTERN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 24/08/1861
Completed: 23/09/1861
Builder: J Wigham Richardson & Co
Yard: Neptune, Low Walker
Yard Number: 5
Dimensions: 583grt, 476nrt, 874dwt, 190.5 x 26.8 x 16.6ft
Engines: C2cyl (34 & 34 x 26ins), 70nhp
Engines by: J Thompson & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x screw, 8.5knots on trials
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 43741
History:
1861 W Gray, Sunderland
1863 Thomas Wilson, Hull
11/1863 Sank
Comments: 11/1863: Foundered in the Baltic, all 20 crew lost