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Name: SAINT DUNSTAN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 01/01/1881
Completed: 02/1881
Builder: Andrew Leslie & Co
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 219
Dimensions: 2229grt, 1451nrt, 320.0 x 35.8 x 24.3ft
Engines: C2cyl (35 & 70 x 48ins), 300nhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 84073
History:
15/02/1881 SS St Dunstan Co Ltd (Rankin, Gilmour & Co), Liverpool
1890 British & Foreign Steam Ship Co Ltd (Rankin, Gilmour & Co), Liverpool
1893 James Knott, Newcastle; renamed PORTUGUESE PRINCE
1899 Prince Line Ltd (James Knott), Newcastle
1900 E Morteo fu A, Genoa; renamed MONTE ROSA
1901 Costante Marchese, Genoa; renamed LUIGIA
21/03/1904 Wrecked
Comments: 21/03/1904: Wrecked off Penai Point in the eastern Black Sea
On a voyage from Novorossiysk to Marseille with a cargo of grain