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'SUFFOLK'

Built by:Ramage & Ferguson's, at Leith.
Yard No.88
Launched:2nd March 1889 by Miss Simpson, Lomond House, Trinity.
Tonnage:3,234
Length:330 feet
Breadth:41 . 2 feet
Depth:18 . 8 feet
Machinery:Triple exp. 11 knots. 25 1/2 x 41 x 67 x 42 by builders. 230 hp.
Decks:
Built of:Iron
Type:Auxiliary Screw
Registered:Leith 1889
Off Number:95211
Built for:Money Wigram & Son's Ltd.
Other info:
History:1st June 1889. Arrived at Port Said for Singapore from Penarth.
4th June 1889. Sailed from the Suez Canal for Singapore.
25th June 1887. Arrived at Singapore from Penarth.
29th July 1889. Sailed from Sitoebondo.
31st August 1889. Arrived at Suez from Sitoebondo.
2nd September 1889. Sailed from Port Said for Malta.
10th September 1889. Sailed from Malta for Liverpool.
1st November 1889. Arrived at Nolfolk (Va) from Liverpool.
15th December 1889. Arrived in the Mersey from Norfolk.
3rd June 1890. Arrived at Prolingo from Liverpool.
31st August 1890. Arrived at San Francisco.
20th September 1890. Arrived at Port Ludlow.
21st October 1890. Sailed from Puget Sound, U.S.A. for Melbourne.
22nd November 1890. Put into Russell, for Melbourne, She is laden with 2,000,000 feet of timber. She needs 300 tons of coal.
27th February 1891. Sailed from Colombo for Dunkirk.
7th March 1891. Passed Perim from Sydney for Dunkirk.
15th March 1891. Arrived at Suez from Sydney.
25th March 1891. Passed Gibraltar for Dunkirk.
1st April 1891. Arrived at Dunkirk.
5th May 1891. The N.Z. Government have graciously refunded to the agent of Money Wigram’s steamer ‘Suffolk’ the amount of light dues paid, the steamer having put into Russell short of coals on her voyage from Puget Sound to Melbourne.
4th June 1891. Sailed from Las Palmas from London for Fremantle.
23rd July 1891. Sailed from Fremantle for Sydney.
1st August 1891. Sailed from Fremantle.
11th August 1891. Arrived at Melbourne.
18th August 1891. Arrived at Fremantle from Sydney.
18th September 1891. Arrived at Batavia.
29th September 1891. Sailed from Batavia for Australia.
31st January 1892. Arrived at Passaroeang.
5th February 1892. Arrived at Samarang.
7th February 1892. Arrived at Cheribon.
3rd March 1892. Arrived at Perim from Cheribon.
9th March 1892. Arrived at the Suez Canal.
16th March 1892. Passed Malta from Cheribon.
1893. Sold to Soc. Anon. de Nav, Transatlantica,(F. Prats & Co) Spain. Renamed 'Berenguer el Grande'.
1911. Renamed 'Giacomo', and was broken up at Genoa, Italy.


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