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Name: AYR
Launched:
Completed: 10/1878
Builder: Joseph T Eltringham, South Shields
Yard Number: 74
Dimensions: 111grt, 13nrt, 96.3 x 18.6 x 9.7ft
Engines: 2 x SL1cyl (26.5 x 48ins), jet-condensing, 50nhp
Engines By: JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 78851
History:
1878 Ayr Harbour Trustees; registered at Ayr
11/12/1890 Sank
Comments: Vessel was a sub-contract from JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
11/12/1890: Foundered after a collision with the brigantine GEORGE F
of Dublin at the entrance to Ayr Harbour


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