Name: | BRITANNIA |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 1848 |
Completed: | 14/06/1848 |
Builder: | TD Marshall |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 214nrt, 135.0 x 24.5 x 12.1ft; (1869: 523grt, 439nrt, 189.8 x 26.0 x 14.7ft) |
Engines: | 2cyl, 100nhp; (1869: CI2cyl (25.25 & 50.5 x 24ins), 98nhp) |
Engines by: | TD Marshall, South Shields; (1869: C & W Earle, Hull) |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw; also rigged for sail |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | n/a; (1864: 47922) |
History: | |
14/06/1848 | Elbe-Humber Dampfschiffahrt Gesellschaft, Hamburg |
24/07/1858 | HJ Perlbach & Co, Hamburg |
1864 | Lawson, Hull; renamed BRITISH QUEEN |
1865 | HJ Perlbach & Co, Hamburg; renamed BRITANNIA |
18/03/1880 | Sank |
Comments: | 1859: Lengthened |
1869: Lengthened & re-engined | |
18/03/1880: Broke in two at Antwerp whilst discharging cargo from Hamburg | |
Grounded when the tide fell & broke in two, becoming a total loss | |
Insured at Hamburg for 150,000 Marks |