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Name: ORCADIA
Launched: 04/1868
Completed: 1868
Builder: Readhead Softley & Co, South Shields
Yard Number: 32
Dimensions: 139grt, 46nrt, 120.5 x 20.0 x 9.1; (1884: 178grt, 83nrt, 140.1 x 20.2 x 9.2ft)
Engines: L2cyl (27 & 27 x 22ins), 60nhp; (1884: C2cy (22 & 36 x 24ins), 60nhp)
Engines By: Readhead Softley & Co, South Shields; (1884: Hall, Russell & Co, Aberdeen)
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 55385
History:
1868 Orkney Steam Navigation Co, Kirkwall
1934 Broken up
Comments: 1884: Lengthened & re-engined
1934: Broken up at Bo'ness


Above photo copyright of the Orkney Museums

Above photo copyright of the Orkney Museums