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Name: WESTOE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 07/08/1872
Completed: 09/1872
Builder: Readhead, Softley & Co
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: 84
Dimensions: 1145grt, 727nrt, 230.2 x 30.7 x 17.4ft
Engines: C2cyl (26.5 & 50 x 33ins), 98nhp
Engines by: Readhead, Softley & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 63018
History:
20/09/1872 Hall, Cay & Co, South Shields
1877 M Cay Jr, South Shields
1877 Cay, Hall & Co, South Shields
14/03/1899 Wrecked
Comments: 14/03/1899: Beached at Charlton after a collision with NEWHAVEN
On a voyage from the Tyne to London with a cargo of coal
15/03/1899: Reported as having broken in two


Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 08/08/1872

Dundee Courier, Wednesday, 15/03/1899