Name: | VIBILIA |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched | 24/04/1872 |
Completed: | 13/07/1872 |
Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 77 |
Dimensions: | 1947grt,1240nrt, 2500dwt, 292.3 x 36.2 x 25.5ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (38 & 70 x 42ins), 200nhp |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw; 10.5knots (trials) |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 65714 |
History: | |
15/07/1872 | A Pring, Newcastle |
1873 | British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London |
1873 | Registered at Glasgow |
1874 | Renamed SOCOTRA |
19/05/1882 | Wrecked |
Comments | Built for UK to India service via the Suez Canal |
Accommodation for 35 x 1st and 10 x 2nd Class passengers | |
Contract Price £29,150; Profit £1835 | |
19/05/1882: Wrecked on west Baloogyoun Island near Moulmein | |
On a voyage from Calcutta to Moulmein with a cargo of turmeric |
Illustrated London News, Saturday, 24/08/1872