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Name: SINGAPORE
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 27/09/1870
Completed: 12/1870
Builder: Charles Mitchell & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 209
Dimensions: 2223grt, 1445nrt, 300.0 x 36.8 x 27.9ft
Engines: C2cyl, 200nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 63690
History:
03/01/1871 Watts, Milburn & Co, Newcastle
09/07/1873 Wrecked
Comments: Accommodation for 30 x 1st Class passengers
09/07/1873: Wrecked near Cape Guardafudi, Somalia. 16 crew died
On a voyage from Shanghai to London with a cargo of tea & tin


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Newcastle Journal, Wednesday, 28/09/1870