Name: | RIVER NITH |
Type: | Sailing Vessel |
Launched: | 13/04/1869 |
Completed: | 04/1869 |
Builder: | Schlesinger, Davis & Co |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 15 |
Dimensions: | 1175grt, 1165nrt, 216.3 x 35.6 x 22.3ft |
Engines: | None |
Engines by: | n/a |
Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Ship; (by 1898: Rigged as a Barque) |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 58999 |
History: | |
30/04/1869 | Hargrove, Ferguson & Jackson; registered at Liverpool |
1880 | Hargrove & Hellon, Liverpool |
by 1885 | Gavin B Millar, Glasgow |
by 1890 | Daniel S Hellon, Liverpool |
by 1898 | James T Fraser, Liverpool |
1899 | Skibs-A/S Kinn (Markus F Stray), Kristiansand; renamed KINN |
1904 | Missing |
Comments: | 02/02/1892: Aground at Broadhaven Bay, Co Mayo, Ireland |
09/02/1892: Refloated by a tug | |
1892: Provided with new decks | |
03/1899: Lying at Plymouth & sold for £3600 | |
by 1898: Rigged as a Barque | |
31/07/1904: Sailed Buenos Aires for Falmouth with a cargo of linseed | |
04/08/1904: Passed Punta Indio, Argentina | |
Subsequently reported missing |
Above photo as RIVER NITH is copyright of the State Library of Victoria, Brodie Collection