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Name: TYNEMOUTH CASTLE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 28/05/1870
Completed: 1870
Builder: C Mitchell & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 211
Dimensions: 1229grt, 769nrt, 257.2 x 31.0 x 17.6ft; (1871: 1383grt, 874nrt, 260.7 x 32.5 x 17.5ft)
Engines: C2cyl (31 & 55 x 30ins), 120hp
Engines by: Thompson, Boyd & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 60557
History:
1870 Laws, Cleugh & Co, North Shields
1879 G Cleugh & Co, North Shields
27/03/1898 Sank
Comments: 1871: Lengthened to 260.7ft
27/03/1898: Sank off New Brighton Stage after a collision with
ss GLANMIRE when inward from Carthagena for Mostyn with iron ore