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Name: LADY ARMSTRONG
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 23/04/1891
Completed: 07/1891
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 662
Dimensions: 3219grt, 2042nrt, 330.0 x 42.2 x 26.3ft; (1919: 3419grt)
Engines: T3cyl (24, 40 & 64 x 42ins), 280nhp;
(1919: Oil engine, 2SCSA, 4cyl (470 x 740mm), 185nhp)
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow;
(1919: Sulzer Bros, Winterthur)
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 98312
History:
07/1891 Lady Armstrong Steam Ship Co Ltd (Adam, Hamilton & Co), Greenock
1905 Donald & Taylor, Glasgow; renamed ZAMORA
1912 Rederi A/B Banco (CJ Banck), Stockholm
1921 Renamed AUGUSTA
08/01/1925 Broken up
Comments: 1919: Rebuilt as a motor-ship with engine aft
08/01/1925: Broken up at Copenhagen


Above photo as AUGUSTA is courtesy of Richard Cox