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Shipbuilder: Unknown
Build location: Blackwall
Build year: 1874
Built for: Money Wigram & Co.
In appearance the Durham closely resembles the .Northumberland, but whose dimensions she slightly exceeds, the length of the Durham being 30 fcet over all, beam 39 feet, and depth of bold 2li feet 9 inches, giving the tonnage at "300. Her keel was only laid about four teen months ago, and therefore great expedition must have been used in her construction. The Durham is the finest steamer in the fleet owned by Messrs. Money Wigram and Co., and as the firm have now three first-class steamers, and it is contemplated building another, the Cape of Good Hope route may be considered as established. The engines of the Durham were made by Messrs. Humphreys and Tennant, and are on the compound direct-action inverted cylinder principle, with super-heating apparatus of 300-horss power nominal (1500 indicated), with four boilers and eight furnaces, the boilers being weighted to 80 lb. of Beam to the square inch. She propeller is a two sided one, and on a consumption of 12$ tons of coal gives the vessel a speed of nearly ten knots. The rig of the Durham is that of a barque, and the roasts are all in one.Her rig gives her a light, airy appearance, as it does away with an immense quantity of top hamper, without lessening her spread of canvas. The fore and main masts are of iron, and the mizen of wood, but the yards are of iron. (