Name: | ASTRAL |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 28/02/1889 |
Completed: | 05/1889 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 606 |
Dimensions: | 2249grt, 1471nrt, 281.0 x 38.2 x 18.3ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (21, 34 & 57 x 39ins), 219nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 96299 |
History: | |
01/05/1889 | “Astral” Steam Ship Co Ltd (W Tapscott & Co), Liverpool |
1897 | Managers became Hamilton, Fraser & Co, Liverpool |
1898 | Rover Shipping Co Ltd (Hamilton, Fraser & Co), Liverpool |
1898 | Koninkl Nerderlandsche Mij tot Exploitatie van Petroleum Bronned in |
Nederlandsche Indie, Pangkalan Brandan; renamed SALAHADJI | |
1907 | Bataafsche Petroleum Mij (Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co), Batavia |
1920 | NV Scheepvaart Mij “Palmlijn”, Batavia |
1921 | NV Petroleum & Scheepvaart Mij “Salahadji”, Batavia |
1922 | J Schindler, Hamburg; renamed GUSTAV SCHINDLER |
1925 | Masconomo GmbH, Hamburg |
1927 | Tankschiff Reederei Julius Schindler GmbH, Hamburg |
24/08/1928 | Sank |
Comments: | 17/08/1928: Stranded on Bonny Bar and abandoned |
On a voyage from Opobo to Boston & New York with a cargo of palm oil | |
24/08/1928: Floated off and sank in Bonny Roads |
Above photo as SALAHADJI is courtesy of Photoship