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Name: SPRINGHILL
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 23/11/1885
Completed: 1885
Builder: Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 60
Dimensions: 563grt, 376nrt, 169.5 x 27.2 x 12.9ft
Engines: C2cyl (21.5 & 40 x 30ins), 73nhp
Engines by: Hawks, Crawshay & Son, Gateshead
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 91500
History:
1885 Fisher, Renwick & Co, Newcastle
1889 Screw Steamer Springhill Ltd (Fisher, Renwick & Co), Newcastle
1894 J Pedros, Bilbao; renamed CANTABRIA
1907 J Tejero Perez, Bilbao
1919 F de Abosolo, Bilbao
07/06/1919 Wrecked
Comments: 07/06/1919: Wrecked on Eddystone rocks
On a voyage from London to Cardiff in ballast