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Name: SWITZERLAND
Type: Passenger Ship / Tanker
Launched: 17/01/1874
Completed: 1874
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 296
Dimensions: 2816grt, 1902nrt, 329.4 x 38.6 x 30.5ft
Engines: C2cyl (40 & 80 x 42ins), 298hp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: n/a
History:
1874 Soc Anon de Navigation Belge-Américaine, Antwerp
1905 L Donegani, Livorno; renamed SANSONE
09/1905 Broken up
Comments: Accommodation for 30 x 1st and 800 x 3rd Class passengers
Apparently there were problems with certification for this dual role
09/1905: Broken up at Genoa


Jarrow Express, Saturday, 24/01/1874