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Name: VENETIA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 11/05/1864
Completed: 07/1864
Builder: C Mitchell & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 118
Dimensions: 797grt, 509nrt, 223.0 x 29.5 x 16.3ft
Engines: 3cyl, 150hp; (1870: C2cyl (25 & 50 x 38ins))
Engines by: Maudslay, Sons & Field, London; (1870: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd)
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 50027
History:
05/07/1864 London, Italian & Adriatic Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London
1867 FC Pickernell, London
1868 Ocean Steam Navigation Co, London
1870 London Steamship Co Ltd, London
14/06/1884 Sank
Comments: 11/05/1864: Launched 'full rigged' to sail to London for engines
1870: Re-engined
14/06/1884: Sank after a collision with FOSCOLINO, 20 miles north of Ushant
On a voyage from London to Genoa carrying general cargo


Newcastle Courant, Friday, 13/05/1864

Monmouthshire Beacon, Saturday, 30/07/1864