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Name: WILLIAM
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 12/08/1876
Completed: 09/1876
Builder: C Mitchell & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 337
Dimensions: 210grt, 152nrt, 120.0 x 20.4 x 9.9ft
Engines: C2cyl (15 & 25 x 18ins), 75nhp
Engines by: Pattison & Atkinson, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 69404
History:
26/09/1876 William Butler & Co, Bristol; registered at Bristol
1884 John Jefferies, Bristol
1888 Donald Farquharson & Ronald McMillan, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
1888 Registered at Charlottetown
1890 Ronald & Hugh McMillan, Charlottetown
28/12/1891 Wrecked
Comments: 1890: Sold at an Admiralty court for $8,500
Purchased by Noonan & Davis of Pictou acting for the McMillans
1891: Extensive repairs including complete re-rivetting
28/12/1891: Wrecked at Pierre & Miquelon


Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 08/12/1890

Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 08/12/1890

Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 06/01/1892

Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 15/01/1892

Above cuttings are courtesy of Harry Holman