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William Loney RN - Background |
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Name | Captain | Explanation | |
Type | Turret ship | ||
Launched | 27 March 1869 | ||
Hull | Iron | ||
Propulsion | Screw | ||
Builders measure | 4272 tons | ||
Displacement | 7767 tons | ||
Guns | 6 | ||
Fate | 1870 | ||
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Ships book | |||
Note | Ships book ADM 136/3. 1870.09.07 capsized in storm off Cape Finisterre | ||
Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
Date | Event | ||
30 April 1870 - 7 September 1870 | Commanded by Captain Hugh Talbot Burgoyne, until the ship capsized in a gale whilst cruising off of Cape Finisterre, with the loss of about 480 lives |
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