Name: | MAVROCORDATOS |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 24/03/1860 |
Completed: | 06/1860 |
Builder: | Andrew Leslie & Co |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 33 |
Dimensions: | 1167grt, 929nrt, 232.8 x 33.4 x 19.5ft; (1869: 1246grt, 931nrt) |
Engines: | 2cyl (48 & 48 x 30ins), 200nhp |
Engines by: | R Morrison & Co, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 28743 |
History: | |
27/06/1860 | Greek & Oriental Steam Navigation Co (Stephen Xenos), London |
1863 | GB Carr et al, London |
1865 | Henry Lafone, Liverpool; renamed GAMBIA |
1868 | Peter Denny, Glasgow |
27/05/1871 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 27/05/1871: Wrecked at Algoa Bay |
On a voyage from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth with a cargo of wheat |
Above painting of MAVROCORDATOS is courtesy of Photoship
Newcastle Daily Chronicle, Monday, 25/06/1860