Name: | ALDERSGATE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 13/04/1889 |
Completed: | 06/1889 |
Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 139 |
Dimensions: | 2271grt, 1476nrt, 289.5 x 39 x 21.1ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (22.5, 36.5 & 60 x 39ins), 240nhp |
Engines by: | Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 96589 |
History: | |
06/1889 | Aldersgate Steam Ship Co Ltd (HW Dillon), London |
1895 | Dowgate Steam Ship Co Ltd (HW Dillon), London |
1898 | Oakfield SS Co Ltd (F Woods), London |
1899 | B Embiricos, Andros; renamed LEONIDAS & ELENI |
1915 | A/S Girda (AH Arvesen), Christiania; renamed GIRDA |
1916 | Ellingsen & Johannessen, Bergen; renamed STORLI |
02/10/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 02/10/1917: Foundered in position 46.10N 39W |
On a voyage from Newport News to Le Havre with a cargo of flour |