Name: | AMARYLLIS |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 02/10/1875 |
Completed: | 11/1875 |
Builder: | Cole Bros |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 32 |
Dimensions: | 1714grt, 1109nrt, 264.6 x 34.0 x 24.3ft |
Engines: | CI2cyl (31 & 58 x 33ins), 150nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 70405 |
History: | |
30/11/1875 | Joseph Robinson, North Shields |
1883 | Joseph Robinson & Sons, North Shields |
30/09/1895 | Transferred to Stag Line Ltd, North Shields |
1899 | Amaryllis Shipping Co Ltd (W Coupland & Co, managers), North Shields |
07/11/1900 | Sank |
Comments: | Cost £28000 to build |
07/11/1900: Foundered off Ushant after a collision with INDIA | |
On a voyage from the Tyne to Savona with a cargo of coal | |
When the collision occurred, the INDIA was attempting to take the crew off the AMARYLLIS, which was drifting without power and listing heavily |