Name: | NANT FRANCON |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 11/1881 |
Completed: | 12/1881 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Co |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 175 |
Dimensions: | 586grt, 354nrt, 189.8 x 26.7 x 15.0ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (22.5 & 42 x 30ins), 75nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Co, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 84177 |
History: | |
12/1881 | R & D Jones, Liverpool |
1882 | Nant Francon SS Co Ltd (R & D Jones), Liverpool |
1905 | Robert Jobson, West Hartlepool |
1905 | Cia Argentina de Pesca, Buenos Aires; renamed DON PEDRO |
1907 | Renamed CACHALOTE |
1913 | Hermann Ost, Buenos Aires |
1915 | Cia Porteņa de Navegacion (WR Grace & Co), Valparaiso; renamed PORTEŅO |
1917 | Cia Carbonifera y de Fundicion Schwager, Valparaiso |
1923 | Beeche y Cia Ltds, Valparaiso; renamed MERCEDES |
09/1925 | Sank |
Comments: | 23/09/1925: Wreckage found at Tubul, Gulf of Arauco |
On a voyage from Coronel to Valparaiso with a cargo of coal |
Above photo thought to be as PORTEŅO courtesy of Histamar