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Name: WARKWORTH
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched 17/10/1871
Completed: 11/03/1872
Builder: J Wigham Richardson & Co
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 73
Dimensions: 218grt,149nrt, 136.0 x 20.2 x 9.5ft
Engines: 2cyl (20 & 20 x 20ins), 40hp
Engines by: Clarke, Watson & Gurney, Gateshead
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 67311
History:
28/03/1872 H Andrews, Newcastle
1875 A de Ysasi, Bilbao; renamed MARIA YSASI
1885 Renamed PALMIRA
No later history known
Comments Contract Price £4793; Loss £439