Name: | GOSFORTH |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 21/07/1898 |
Completed: | 08/1898 |
Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Bill Quay |
Yard Number: | 75 |
Dimensions: | 1077grt, 644nrt, 220.0 x 33.1 x 14.3ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (17.5, 28 & 46 x 33ins), 132nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 106642 |
History: | |
08/1898 | Burnett & Co, Newcastle |
1903 | L Possehl & Co; renamed ALTONA |
1908 | Hamburg-Altona Kohlen Import GmbH v/Possehl, Altona |
1912 | Harries Bros & Co, Newcastle; renamed GOSFORTH |
2Q/1933 | Broken up |
Comments: | 2Q/1933: Broken up at Stockton by South Stockton Shipbreaking Co |
Above photo courtesy of Clive Ketley