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Eastern Star - a general history

Eastern Star 1883-1899

R Thompson & Sons, Sunderland: Launched 7 August 1883; Yard No. 136: Official No. 86966: Code Letters HWDS: iron screw steamer; 785t; 1215g; 230.2 x 32.6 x 15.4; 4 cemented bulkheads; engine 99rhp C.2.Cy 27 & 51 -33 80lb 55lb;  J Dickinson, Sunderland.

Owners: 1883 Johnson Bros. & Co, West Hartlepool; 1885 F Richardson, West Hartlepool; by 1888 Thompson SS Co (VT Thompson & Co mgrs) West Hartlepool; 1896 HV Horndahl, Helsingborg, Sweden-renamed Scandia.

Masters: 1883-93 M Tose; 1894 T Horn; 1895-96 M Tose; 1899 FP Moller.

On a voyage from Sunderland for London in ballast & with a crew of 17 Scandia sank after a collision with the West Hartlepool steamer Headlands seven miles east of Hartlepool on 23 December 1899. The crew were saved & landed at Hartlepool.

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