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Name: MALTA
Launched: 18/07/1870
Completed: 09/1870
Builder: Readhead Softley & Co, South Shields
Yard Number: 65
Dimensions: 112grt, 31nrt, 102.8 x 18.9 x 10.1ft
Engines: L1cyl (36 x 54ins), 73nhp
Engines by: Readhead Softley & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 62996
History:
03/09/1870 William George, South Shields
1870 George & Co, Constantinople
by 1875 Emmanuell Pelegrini, Constantinople
1892 Francisco Grimo, Constantinople
by 1901 Renamed BIGAH
by 1901 Idarei Massousieh, Constantinople
No further history known
Comments: 20/09/1870: Sailed from Gibraltar for Malta
07/10/1870: Arrived at Constantinople
1898: British register closed
1908: Still listed in Lloyds Register