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Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
RANGOON |
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GBR |
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Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
c1869 |
shipped |
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Vessel type |
Vessel description
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River Steamer Passenger/Cargo
| Iron Paddle Steamer 1 Mast |
Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
Robert Duncan & Co, Port Glasgow |
East Yard |
45 |
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Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
558 grt / 385 nrt / |
246.0 ft |
27.0 ft |
8.0 ft |
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Engine builder |
Rankin & Blackmore, Greenock |
Engine detail |
C2cyl diagonal 31"54"x48" |
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First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
The Irrawaddy Flotilla and Burmese Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Glasgow. |
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Other names |
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Subsequent owner and registration history |
unregistered |
Vessel history |
Ordered 6/9/1869 for Rangoon-Mandalay service 1872 re-assembled at owner's Dalla Dockyard |
Remarks |
It is not known why the re-assembly of RANGOON was not completed until 1872, three years after sister MANDALAY. |
End year |
Fate / Status |
1873 |
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Disposal Detail |
1873 stranded off Prome and broke her back. |
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Rangoon , Stranded
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