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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| SOLWAY |
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GBR |
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| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1841 |
21/05/1841 |
12/1841 |
| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Passenger / Cargo
| Wood Paddle Steamer |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| James McMillan, Greenock |
Dellingburn |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| 1870 grt / 1160 nrt / |
213.6 ft |
32.4 ft |
29.6 ft |
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| Engine builder |
Scott, Sinclair & Co., Greenock |
| Engine detail |
| SL2cyl 400nhp 9kn |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| Royal Mail Steam Packet Co, London |
London |
13/12/1841 |
| Other names |
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| Subsequent owner and registration history |
| [possibly built for Royal West Indian Mail Steam Navigation Co.] |
| Vessel history |
| At launch, due to lack of water, she stuck on the mud but got off on the next tide with the aid of an extra steam tug. |
| Remarks |
| 100 passengers |
| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1843 |
Wrecked 08/04/1843 |
| Disposal Detail |
| Lost on Baldargo Rocks, Sisargo, 20 miles west of Corunna. 35 lives lost. |
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