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Name: OLBERS
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 30/07/1870
Completed: 1870
Builder: Andrew Leslie & Co
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 120
Dimensions: 2162grt, 1389nrt, 316.4 x 34.9 x 29.4ft
Engines: C2cyl (29 & 66 x 48ins), 280hp; (1882: C2cyl (29 & 66 x 48ins), 280nhp)
Engines by: R Stephenson & Co, Newcastle; (1882: Fawcett, Preston & Co, Liverpool)
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 63297
History:
1870 Liverpool, Brazil & River Plate SN Co (Lamport & Holt), Liverpool
1888 Soc Anon de Nav Royale Belge Sud-Américaine, Antwerp
07/1901 Broken up
Comments: Built to carry 102 passengers
1882: Re-engined
07/1901: Broken up at Genoa