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Name: ROXANA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 13/06/1868
Completed: 07/1868
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 231
Dimensions: 728grt, 674nrt, 219.2 x 28.3 x 17.4ft
Engines: 2cyl (40 & 40 x 30ins), 170hp; (1874: C2cyl (26 & 51 x 30ins), 160hp)
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd; (1874: Victoria Dock Engine Works)
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 60841
History:
20/07/1868 London Steamship Co Ltd, London
1886 John Fenwick & Son, London
1896 Tyne Improvement Commission, Newcastle
03/1896 Sunk
Comments: 1874: Engine compounded
03/1896: Scuttled to protect the construction of the River Tyne North Pier


Shields Daily News, Monday, 23/03/1896