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Empress
Above : Post card view of Empress
Built in 1893 by J Reid of Glasgow
140.2 ft : 156 GRT
Engines : Triple expansion 9, 15 and 24 in x 12 in by J Kincaid of Greenock
Built for the Goole & Hull Steam Packet Co
Purchased by the Tay Steamboat Co in 1917
Sold for use at Cork, Ireland
From 1923 in service at Bilbao as Sanlucar then Sevilla, Spain possibly until 1930
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