Name: | ABERTAWE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 27/05/1884 |
Completed: | 07/1884 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 530 |
Dimensions: | 1336grt, 815nrt, 240.5 x 33.2 x 18.1ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (30 & 57 x 39ins), 151nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 78450 |
History: | |
14/07/1884 | Abertawe Steamship Co Ltd (Letricheux & David), Swansea |
1900 | Manager became WH Pank |
1905 | Managers became David & Co |
1909 | Cie des Chargeurs Français (Plisson et Cie), Le Havre; renamed MARIE |
21/04/1919 | Sank |
Comments: | 14/02/1900: Beached after being pierced by her own anchor off Goletta near Tunis |
14/03/1900: Re-floated and taken into Tunis harbour the following day | |
21/04/1919: Sank after a collision with SIGNE off Lundy Island | |
On a voyage from Penarth to Bayonne with a cargo of coal |
Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 28/05/1884