Name: | ALSTER |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 06/03/1867 |
Completed: | 15/04/1867 |
Builder: | Schlesinger, Davis & Co |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 9 |
Dimensions: | 709grt, 528nrt, 200.0 x 28.6 x 16.2ft |
Engines: | 2cyl (36 & 26ins), 80hp |
Engines by: | Thompson, Boyd & Co, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | n/a; (1882: 81788) |
History: | |
1867 | OL Eichmann, Hamburg |
1880 | Powley, Thomas & Co, Cardiff |
17/12/1885 | Sank |
Comments: | 17/12/1885: Foundered off St Ives, Cornwall after striking rocks |
On a voyage from Swansea to St Nazaire with a cargo of coal |