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Name: REBECCA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 17/07/1879
Completed: 08/1879
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 394
Dimensions: 1581grt, 1021nrt, 250.0 x 33.7 x 23.0ft
Engines: C2cyl (30 & 55 x 36ins), 150nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 81578
History:
22/08/1879 Joseph F Cohen, London
1885 Rebecca SS Co Ltd (Foulds & Bone), London
1886 Colquhoun & Co, Glasgow; renamed BLAIR ATHOLE
20/01/1887 Missing
Comments: 20/01/1887: Sailed Odessa for Malta & Genoa with a cargo of grain & cattle
Subsequently reported missing


Jarrow Express, Friday, 18/07/1879