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The "Domino" (1) was built in 1877 by Schlesinger, Davis & Co. in Newcastle, for the Wilson Line of Hull. She had a tonnage of 937 tons gross, 662 under deck and 610 net.
She was an iron construction with a single screw, 3 masts, schooner rigged. She had 2 decks,
4 bulkheads and 2 partial bulkheads. Propulsion: compound engine with 2 inverted cylinders of
30 & 58 in. diameter respectively, stroke 33 inches. The engine dlivered 120 horsepower, it was built by Amos & Smith in Hull.
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