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Ships built at Newcastle-on-Tyne

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Ships built at Newcastle-on-Tyne

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Ship

ABBEY

Rig

Schooner

Tonnage

99

Built

1853
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Ship

ASHBURTON

Rig

Barque

Tonnage

589

Built

1853

Built By

Wm. Cunningham
1951 vessel.

Ship

CHAKDINA

Tonnage

7,267g 4,107n

Built

1951

Built By

Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson
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Ship

CHAKRATA

Tonnage

7,265g 4,108n

Built

1952

Built By

Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson
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Ship

HANKOW

Rig

3 mast Iron Screw Steamer, 450 hp.

Tonnage

3,594g 2,332n

Built

1873

Built By

Mitchell
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Ship

HERTFORD

Tonnage

11276

Built

1948
Built in 1951
This image shows vessel at Auckland

Ship

PORT ADELAIDE

Tonnage

8,114

Built

1951
Refrigerated vessel under way

Ship

PORT AUCKLAND

Tonnage

11,945

Built

1949
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Ship

PORT LYTTELTON

Tonnage

7,413g 4,310n

Built

1947

Built By

Hawthorn, Leslie & Co.Ltd.
This small, heavily armed twin screw steel cruiser was built in 1883 at Newcastle-on-Tyne by William Armstrong & Co to the order of the South Australian Government.  She was commissioned on the 19th June 1884, (her captain was J.C.P. Walcot, RN) and was b

Ship

PROTECTOR H.M.C.S.

Rig

Light Cruiser

Tonnage

920

Built

1884

Built By

W.M.Armstrong
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Ship

THORNLEY

Rig

Steel Screw Steamer,

Tonnage

2,847g 1,827n

Built

1896

Built By

C.S.Swan & Hunter Ltd.
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Ship

TIME

Rig

Steel Screw Steamer, 250 hp

Tonnage

2,575g 1,670

Built

1890

Built By

Tyne I.S.B.Co.Ltd.
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Ship

VICTORIA

Rig

Iron Screw Steamer, 120 hp.

Tonnage

1,254g 934n

Built

1871

Built By

J.W.Richardson & Co.
1915-16 General cargo vessel under way

Ship

WOOLGAR

Rig

Steel Screw Steamer, 385 nhp.

Tonnage

3,051g 1,820n

Built

1914

Built By

Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richards

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Snewin, Frederick Peter

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Thomson, M.F.

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