Name: | ALDERNEY |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched | 24/03/1875 |
Completed: | 01/05/1875 |
Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 89 |
Dimensions: | 612grt, 395nrt, 420dwt, 175.0 x 25.2 x 19.5ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (26.5 & 42 x 27ins), 90hp |
Engines by: | J Shaw & Co, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.7knots (trials) |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 72346 |
History: | |
01/05/1875 | London & South Western Railway Co, Southampton |
1891 | Dundee & Newcastle SS Co, Dundee |
1909 | Preston & Dublin Shipping Co, Preston; registered at Dundee |
1913 | H & C Grayson |
1913 | Levant Transport Co (H Tyer & Co, managers); renamed NIGGEM |
1914 | Wilson & Reid, Belfast |
27/12/1914 | Sank |
Comments: | Contract Price £14950; Profit £372-9s-10d |
Most of her service was between Cherbourg, Le Havre, Honfleur and the Channel Islands | |
24/09/1889: Ran down the yacht LADYBIRD in the Needles Channel | |
27/12/1914: Sank 70 miles from Malta |