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Name: SIREN
Type: Lighthouse Tender
Launched: 17/01/1878
Completed: 1878
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 360
Dimensions: 421grt, 219nrt, 175.5 x 25.2 x 14.0ft
Engines: C2cyl (28 & 56 x 36ins), 157nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 81579
History:
02/09/1879 Corporation of the Trinity House, London
1921 Luis Liano, Santander; renamed MARIA MERCEDES
1925 Navegacion Sollorense SA, Soller
1929 Naviera Mallorquina (D Ramis Mut), Palma
1935 Broken up
Comments: 1935: Broken up


Above image as SIREN courtesy The Illustrated London News, May 18th 1878

Above photo as MARIA MERCEDES is courtesy of Photoship