SHIPPING CASUALTIES.
A PHOENIX LINER POUNDERS. SERIOUS LOSS OF LIFE. United Press Association—Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright. NEW YORK, March 15. The Phoenix liner JBritish King foundered at Sable Island ih Nova Scotia. There were no passengers." Of the crew of fifty-six, twenty-eight are known to have been saved. v k The British King a* a 4717 ton steel screw steamer, rated A 1 at Lloyd's. She was ibuilt by Palmers, Ltd.. at Newcastle in 1891. Heri owners are the British Shipowners' Co.. Ltd.. and her principal dimensions are: —Length 405 feet, breadth ■37 feet, depth 27 feet. She was registered at the port of Liverpool, and the nominal horse power of her engines is' 446.
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Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12926, 17 March 1906, Page 5
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114SHIPPING CASUALTIES. Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12926, 17 March 1906, Page 5
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