Name: | ALEMBIC |
Type: | Sailing vessel |
Launched: | 21/07/1894 |
Completed: | 1894 |
Builder: | William Dobson & Co |
Yard: | Walker |
Yard Number: | 66 |
Dimensions: | 255grt, 219nrt, 122.5 x 24.1 x 13.1ft |
Engines: | n/a; (1909: Paraffin motor, 4SCSA, 2cyl (11.75 x 15ins)); |
(1915: 2 x Oil engines, 2SCSA, 2cyl (10.5 x 11ins), 80nhp) | |
Engines by: | n/a; (1909: D Goedkoop Jr, Amsterdam); |
(1915: J & CG Bolinders, Stockholm) | |
Propulsion: | Sail; rigged as a schooner; (1909: 2 x Screws) |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 104772 |
History: | |
1894 | Burt, Boulton & Haywood Ltd, London |
1914 | GC Bartlett, London |
1918 | Job Bros & Co Ltd, St John's, Newfoundland |
1920 | Alembic Shipping Co (Job Bros & Co, managers), St John's |
1922 | Guiana Development Co, New York; renamed TAMARA |
1924 | Tamara Shipping Co Ltd (Job Bros & Co, managers), St John's; renamed ALEMBIC |
31/07/1936 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 1894: Listed as fitted for "carrying tar in bulk" |
1909: Fitted with auxiliary paraffin engines | |
1915: Fitted with auxiliary oil engines | |
1918: Listed as fitted for "carrying fish oil in bulk" | |
31/07/1936: Wrecked at Freel's Point, Newfoundland | |
On a voyage from Montreal to St John's in ballast |
Above photo as ALEMBIC copyright of Capt Harry Stone Collection