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Taurus
1891 General cargo
Buildingyard: William Gray & Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool
Built year: 1891
Yard no: 406
Tonnage: GRT: 2123/ NET: 1367/ TDW: 3025
Dims : LOA: 278,8/ BR: 37,3/ DR: 18,7ft
Machinery: 3-cyl tripleexp by Central Marine Eng. Works, West Hartlepool
IHP: 1100
Speed: 9,0knots
Photo: via Bjørn Pedersen
26.12.1890: Launched
14.02.1891: Completed. Price paid: NOK 487.807,94
00.00.1904: Sold to Toba Tekko Goshi Kaisha (later Toba Zosenho Goshi Kaisha), Japan. Renamed TOBA MARU
00.00.1913: Sold to K. Iwagami, Japan
00.00.1914: Renamed SAPPORO MARU NO.3
00.00.1915: Sold to Inugami Goshi Kaisha (later Inugami Keigoro), Japan
17.02.1923: Wrecked off Noto Peninsula with a cargo of coke
Photo: via Bjørn Pedersen
Photo: via Bjørn Pedersen
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