Name: | AMBROSE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 29/12/1868 |
Completed: | 02/1869 |
Builder: | Andrew Leslie & Co |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 103 |
Dimensions: | 1168grt, 867nrt, 242.0 x 29.6 x 24.7ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (21 & 48 x 40ins), 90nhp |
Engines by: | Fawcett, Preston & Co, Liverpool |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 58972 |
History: | |
11/02/1869 | Alfred Booth & Co, Liverpool |
1881 | Booth Steamship Co Ltd, Liverpool |
1893 | JM Lennard & Sons, Middlesbrough |
1897 | JJ King, Garston |
1897 | Cory Brothers, London |
No later history known | |
Comments: | 29/12/1868: Capsized on to her side at launching. No deaths among spectators |
30/12/1868: Vessel righted without much damage | |
1897: Sold to JJ King at Garston with the intention of breaking her up | |
1897: Converted to a coal hulk based at Grays, Essex |
Newcastle Chronicle, Saturday, 02/01/1869