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'BIAFRA'

Built by:Randolph Elder & Co
Yard:Govan
Yard No.:81
Launched:5th June 1868
Tonnage:1280 tons
Length:312 feet
Breadth:32 feet
Depth:19' 5"
Machinery:250 hp
Decks:
Built of:Iron.
Type:Single Screw Steamer. Passenger - Cargo
Registered:4th August 1868 in London.
Official No.:60847
Other info:
History:1889. Sold to Bossiere Freres et Cie, Havre. Re named ‘Energique’. The engine was 150 h.p. and the tonnage, 1487.
1893. Sold to Ottoman Steam Navigation Company (Idarei Massousieh). Renamed ‘Inayet’.
29th December 1902. Ran aground off Kizilburun. 10 miles west of Sigacik and eventually slid to the bottom.


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