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				| Length (feet) : | 275.6 | 
| Breadth (feet) : | 37.2 | 
| Depth (feet): | 20.0 | 
| Gross Registered Tonnage (g.r.t.) : | 2,143 | 
| Net Registered Tonnage (n.r.t.) : | 1,380 | 
| Engine Type : | 200hp C.1.3 cyl 21-35 & 57 -39 160lb | 
| Engine Builder : | Bliar & Co. Stockton-on-Tees | 
| Additional Particulars : | steel screw. Official No. 91892 | 
Brentford - a general historyNorthern Daily Mail 20 January 1887:
‘Lloyds’ agent at Lisbon telegraphs today as follows: A telegram received from Peniche states; Brentford, British steamer, on a voyage from Newport for Malta, has been totally wrecked. All on board were lost excepting one. The Brentford was a steel steamer of 2,143 gross tons built at West Hartlepool in 1885 & owned by Messrs Watts, Ward & Co, London.’
Lives lost January 1887: Bruce, Henry, 1st mate, 30, Londonderry; Dalrymple, Henry North, 29 (son of Rear Admiral James M Bruce); Kent, Pat, able seaman, 23, Waterford; Kidney, Denis, able seaman, 30, Kinsale.
Survivor January 1887: Thorne, G.
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