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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| JOHNSTONE CASTLE |
29284 |
GBR |
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| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1861 |
17/10/1860 |
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| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Passenger / Cargo
| Iron Screw Steamer |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| Blackwood & Gordon, Paisley |
Cartvale SB Yard |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| 192 grt / 131 nrt / 110 dwt |
139.2 ft |
21.1 ft |
9.8 ft |
8.0 ft |
| Engine builder |
Blackwood & Gordon, Paisley |
| Engine detail |
| 2cyl 45nhp 1-screw |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| Blackwood & Gordon, Paisley. |
Glasgow |
05/04/1861 |
| Other names |
| Launched as ROYAL TAR |
| Subsequent owner and registration history |
Mathew Hodgart, Paisley.
1861 John Hodgart, Bombay. |
| Vessel history |
After launching she was berthed in the Sneddon Quay (Paisley Harbour) for installation of machinery.
5/4/1861 Trial and trip with passengers round Arran.
23/7/1861 Arrived Calcutta.
1864 Poop lengthened resulting in 210grt 148nrt |
| Remarks |
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| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1865 |
Wrecked 16/01/1865 |
| Disposal Detail |
| Wrecked off Malabar coast near Bombay. |
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