Name: | ALBA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 10/10/1901 |
Completed: | 11/1901 |
Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 96 |
Dimensions: | 3733grt, 2420nrt, 353.5 x 47.3 x 25.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24, 40 & 66 x 48ins), 345nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 114790 |
History: | |
11/1901 | English & North American Shipping Co Ltd (CT Bowring & Co), London |
30/01/1905 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 30/01/1905: Wrecked at Zandvoort, The Netherlands |
On a voyage from Newport News to Amsterdam with a cargo of maize |
Above photo of the wreck of the ALBA is courtesy of Arie de Lange
Western Times, Friday, 03/02/1905