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Name: SORRENTO
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 08/1853
Completed: 1853
Builder: Coutts & Parkinson
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 576grt, 185.0 x 25.3 x 16.3ft
Engines: 80nhp
Engines by: Robert Stephenson & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: n/a
History:
1853 Metropolitan & Sicilian Steam Navigation Co
No further history known
Comments:

Newcastle Journal, Saturday, 20/08/1853