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with a cargo of beans and cotton seed. She was last sighted on 29 January off Cape
Corvoeiro, Portugal. It was feared that she may have foundered in the Bay of Biscay on 2 February, although a steamship answering her description was wrecked on the
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was 254 feet 3 inches (77.50 m) long, with a beam of 32 feet 1 inch (9.78 m) and a depth of 19 feet 6 inches (5.94 m). She was assessed at 1,376
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capsized and sank with the loss of more than 600 lives. Both vessels were held to blame for the collision. Hall
Brothers appealed the verdict, and
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Kingdom Official Number 63546 was allocated, as were the Code Letters JKPW. She had a crew of 22 men.
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September 1878 in which more than 600 people died. She disappeared in February 1883 whilst on a voyage from
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with the loss of all hands later that month. The Court of
Inquiry into her loss ruled that she was overladen.
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on 9 February 1870. From 10 to 12 February she encountered severe gales in the
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in distress in the
Atlantic Ocean, her engines having broken down. She towed
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in the Bay of Biscay. Two days later she rescued the crew of the ship
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and other damage whilst on a voyage from
Newcastle upon Tyne to
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709:. No. 29436. London. 12 December 1878. col D-E, p. 4.
691:. No. 29351. London. 4 September 1878. col D-E, p. 7.
892:. No. 30740. London. 10 February 1883. col D, p. 12.
799:. No. 27617. London. 19 February 1873. col C, p. 5.
784:. No. 27618. London. 20 February 1873. col F, p. 6.
465:. On 2 February, she rescued seventeen crew from the British
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from Bombay via the Suez Canal in 28 days. She was bound for
754:. No. 27596. London. 25 January 1873. col F, p. 7.
862:. No. 29621. London. 16 July 1879. col C-D, p. 4.
877:. No. 30265. London. 5 August 1881. col D, p. 4.
847:. No. 30828. London. 24 May 1883. col D, p. 7.
739:. No. 26754. London. 10 May 1870. col F, p. 5.
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was severely damaged; she was towed in to
Plymouth by
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Ships built by
Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company
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907:. No. 4880. Middlesbrough. 10 February 1883.
922:. No. 10949. Liverpool. 13 February 1883.
903:"Supposed Loss of the Steamer Bywell Castle".
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873:"Probate, Divorce, And Admiralty Division".
705:"Probate, Divorce, And Admiralty Division".
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814:. No. 1433. Cardiff. 2 December 1873.
769:. No. 15131. London. 27 January 1873.
665:. Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust
602:the 876 nautical miles (1,622 km) to
225:254 feet 3 inches (77.50 m)
1883:Victorian-era ships of the United Kingdom
1484:Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1883
961:Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1878
858:"Supreme Court of Judicature, July 15".
241:19 feet 6 inches (5.94 m)
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233:32 feet 1 inch (9.78 m)
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369:Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company
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94:Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company
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1898:Maritime incidents in September 1878
1893:Merchant ships of the United Kingdom
453:due to a loss of steering gear, two
356:and drove a single screw propeller.
177:United Kingdom Official Number 63546
1903:Maritime incidents in February 1883
735:"Naval And Military Intelligence".
534:20 nautical miles (37 km) off
720:"An Adventure in the Suez Canal".
687:"Fearful Collision On The River".
14:
1888:Steamships of the United Kingdom
750:"Latest Shipping Intelligence".
610:, where they arrived on 29 May.
499:was prevented from sailing from
367:was built as yard number 250 by
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905:Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough
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843:"Wreck Commissioner's Court".
546:. She was reboilered in 1877.
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515:as she was overloaded by 180
257:Single screw propeller, sails
393:made her maiden voyage from
249:Compound steam engine, 120hp
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1773:Gouverneur Generaal Loudon
302:. She was involved in the
290:that was built in 1869 by
1908:Ships lost with all hands
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810:"District Intelligence".
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472:, which foundered in the
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765:"Mercantile Ship News".
724:. Dublin. 15 April 1870.
288:passenger and cargo ship
16:Passenger and cargo ship
519:. On 25 July 1876, the
495:. On 30 November 1873,
348:. She was powered by a
192:General characteristics
918:"Shipping Disasters".
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441:. On 24 January 1873,
549:On 3 September 1878,
350:compound steam engine
604:Halifax, Nova Scotia
187:Foundered or wrecked
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888:"Overdue".
669:7 September
622:, Egypt to
501:Port Talbot
489:Anne Foster
344:, 892
333:Description
266:Barquentine
214:, 892
210:1,376
201:Cargo liner
99:Yard number
1868:1869 ships
1862:Categories
1746:USFC
1650:Erie Belle
1590:West Ridge
1578:Marco Polo
1492:Shipwrecks
1416:Red Jacket
994:Metropolis
969:Shipwrecks
647:References
620:Alexandria
600:California
595:California
482:brigantine
445:put in to
435:Lancashire
423:Suez Canal
354:horsepower
311:Alexandria
254:Propulsion
1822:Euphrates
1820:HMS
1759:HMS
1748:Fish Hawk
1614:Rotterdam
1516:USS
1364:Cleopatra
1362:HMS
1351:Thunderer
1349:HMS
1324:HMS
1313:Britannic
1239:SMS
1228:Cormorant
1226:HMS
1213:HMS
1176:HMS
1165:Alexandra
1163:HMS
1103:Iserbrook
1017:SMS
890:The Times
875:The Times
860:The Times
845:The Times
797:The Times
782:The Times
752:The Times
737:The Times
707:The Times
689:The Times
637:North Sea
635:, in the
628:Yorkshire
572:Middlesex
509:Port Said
505:Glamorgan
493:Gibraltar
470:Satellite
455:lifeboats
431:Liverpool
419:Brazilian
403:Kurrachee
323:Yorkshire
262:Sail plan
115:Completed
1662:Manistee
1638:Far West
1602:Taitsing
1554:Grappler
1518:Ashuelot
1265:Adriatic
1190:Royalist
1152:Royalist
1043:Hydrabad
1031:Loch Ard
1006:Eurydice
447:Plymouth
413:and the
307:Disaster
107:Launched
52:Namesake
1817:29 Dec:
1805:10 Dec:
1797:Triumph
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1769:27 Aug:
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1670:25 Dec:
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1338:Djemnah
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1249:23 Jun:
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1223:21 May:
1215:Monarch
1210:29 Apr:
1186:20 Feb:
1178:Raleigh
1173:15 Feb:
1148:21 Jan:
1140:Traffic
1136:10 Jan:
1115:Alabama
1111:24 Dec:
1099:21 Dec:
1091:Livadia
1087:21 Oct:
1075:18 Oct:
1051:30 Jun:
1039:24 Jun:
1014:31 May:
1002:24 Mar:
990:31 Jan:
978:25 Jan:
641:Norfolk
562:in the
540:Dorothy
530:in the
524:Dorothy
360:History
207:Tonnage
91:Builder
37:History
1846:1884 →
1839:← 1882
1735:Gaelic
1566:Daphne
1562:3 Jul:
1538:5 Mar:
1501:7 Jan:
1440:1879 →
1433:← 1877
1392:s Isle
1334:4 Nov:
1321:2 Nov:
1289:Utopia
1285:6 Sep:
1273:3 Sep:
1198:7 Mar:
1160:9 Feb:
1063:3 Sep:
1027:1 Jun:
608:Canada
568:Becton
528:Robina
521:barque
439:cotton
399:Bombay
395:London
385:London
373:Jarrow
296:Jarrow
286:was a
222:Length
81:London
31:, 1878
1761:Jumna
1698:Agnes
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1301:Comus
513:Egypt
451:Devon
427:Malta
407:India
315:Egypt
238:Depth
62:Owner
1710:Mona
1706:Unk:
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1388:Mona
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1376:Mona
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671:2022
624:Hull
517:tons
459:Aden
401:and
319:Hull
272:Crew
230:Beam
184:Fate
42:Name
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346:NRT
342:GRT
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