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Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
DERRY CASTLE |
86651 |
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Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
1883 |
15/10/1883 |
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Vessel type |
Vessel description
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Cargo General
| Iron Sailing Vessel 3 Masted Barque |
Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
Dobie & Co., Govan |
Old Yard |
136 |
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Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
1367 grt / 1317 nrt / |
239.8 ft |
36 ft |
21.4 ft |
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Engine builder |
, |
Engine detail |
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First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
Francis Spaight & Sons, Limerick |
Limerick |
19/11/1883 |
Other names |
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Subsequent owner and registration history |
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Vessel history |
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Remarks |
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End year |
Fate / Status |
1887 |
Wrecked 20/03/1887 |
Disposal Detail |
02/Mar/1887 left Geelong. After 192 days she was posted as missing by Lloyds. On 21 September the 45 ton sealing steamer Awarua sailed into Hobsons Bay, Victoria, with eight survivors. They had been castaway on Enderby Island where Derry Castle was wrecked. |
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