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Lombardia (ex - Colechurch)
Above : As Colechurch in London in an Aristophot Post Card from the Istvan Radi collection
Built in
1905 by Napier and Miller at Yoker, Scotland
Engines : Compound Diagonal by Scott of Greenock
Length : 130 feet
120 Gross Registered Tonnes
Served London County
Council's River Thames service from Greenwich to Hammersmith from
1905-1907
Sold in 1909 for service on Lake Lugano, sailing to Genoa before
being transported overland
Entered service in 1911 under the name Lombardia
Withdrawn in 1921 and scrapped at Lugano in 1925
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