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Name: GWYDIR
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 15/07/1886
Completed: 10/08/1886
Builder: John Readhead & Co
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 223
Dimensions: 518grt, 323nrt, 186.5 x 28.1x 12.1ft
Engines: C2cyl (24 & 48 x 30ins), 90nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 93529
History:
03/11/1886 Hunter River New Steam Navigation Co, Sydney, NSW
1892 Newcastle & Hunter River Steamship Co Ltd, Sydney, NSW
29/11/1894 Wrecked
Comments: 29/11/1894: Wrecked on Norah Head, 40 miles north of Sydney
On a voyage from Sydney to Morpeth, NSW


Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 16/07/1886