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Name: ROBINIA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 12/1876
Completed: 1877
Builder: Charles Mitchell & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 340
Dimensions: 1816grt, 1181nrt, 280.5 x 34.0 x 24.6ft
Engines: C2cyl. 160nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 76631
History:
1877 Joseph Robinson & Co, North Shields
02/10/1880 Wrecked
Comments: 1877: Cost £28,500
02/10/1880: Wrecked at Punta Delgada, Azores after colliding with the company’s steamer STAG (1558/74) & the British steamer BENELLA (1229/80) when all three vessels dragged their anchors during a fierce gale.
On a voyage from New Orleans to Le Havre