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Built in 1897 by J Scott & Co. at Kinghorn
Dimensions : 202.5 ft x 24.3 ft
428 Gross Registered
Tons
Engines : 2 x Compound diagonal 25 and 45 in x 54 in
Independently operated paddle wheels
Built for the Morecambe Steamboat Company
Sold in 1898 to the Yarmouth Steamship Company of Nova Scotia, arriving on 20th June 1898
On
16th September 1898 on a run from Yarmouth to Halifax with intermediate
calls, she grounded on Bon Portage island and was wrecked
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