Name: | ABYDOS |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 06/10/1888 |
Completed: | 07/12/1888 |
Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 227 |
Dimensions: | 2198grt,1494nrt, 2825dwt, 295.0 x 36.2 x 23.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24.5, 38 & 63 x 42ins), 260nhp |
Engines by: | J Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.7knots (trials) |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
07/12/1888 | Deutsche Dampfs Ges "Kosmos", Hamburg |
1898 | M Jebsen, Hamburg; renamed ELLA |
06/01/1900 | Sank |
Comments: | Accommodation for 32 x 1st and 20 x 2nd Class passengers |
Contract Price £30250; Profit £2505-15s-11d | |
06/01/1900: Foundered off Halifax, Nova Scotia at 41.35N - 64.02W | |
On a voyage from Perth Amboy to Halifax with a cargo of coal |