Name: | ALBERTA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 24/05/1888 |
Completed: | 1888 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 277 |
Dimensions: | 3398grt, 2214nrt, 340.0 x 42.2 x 27.3ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 43 & 70 x 45ins), 289nhp |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 93799 |
History: | |
1888 | Alberta SS Co Ltd (W Tapscott & Co), Liverpool |
19/10/1890 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 19/10/1890: Wrecked on Sutherland Reef, Queensland |
On a voyage from Hong Kong to Melbourne with a cargo of coal |