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Trevilley (
United Kingdom): 1850 ton (carrying capacity) steamer, launched by John Readhead & Sons of South Shields for Edward Hain and Son of St Ives, Cornwall. The third ship in the Hain's fleet.
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HMS Polyphemus (
United Kingdom): the Royal Navy torpedo ship was launched at Chatham Dockyard.
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Mount's Bay (
United Kingdom): 3,000 ton steamer, built by Messrs Schlesinger, Davis and Co for the Mount's Bay Steamship Company and launched at Wallsend.
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City of Rome (
United Kingdom): 8,821 ton Inman Line steamer was launched at Barrow. A donkey boiler exploded on deck killing four men and injuring nine others.
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Leerdam (ex-Nederland) (
Netherlands): 2700 ton (carrying capacity) steamer, launched by Fijenoord for NSBM. Originally named Nederland. Sold by NSBM to Nederlandsch Amerikaansche Stoomvaartmaatschappij in May 1882 and renamed Leerdam.
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Servia (
United Kingdom): 8,500 ton Cunard steamer, launched by J & G Thomson of Clydebank (later John Brown & Company). The second, largest ship to be built; the Great Eastern (launched in 1858) the largest.
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