Name: | APHRODITE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 01/08/1905 |
Completed: | 08/1905 |
Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 154 |
Dimensions: | 3593grt, 2325nrt, 348.7 x 50.1 x 23.1ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24, 39 & 66 x 45ins), 317nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 120596 |
History: | |
08/1905 | Cornhill Steamship Co Ltd (Harris & Dixon Ltd), London |
1912 | Redcroft Steam Navigation Co Ltd (Lewis Lougher & Co), Cardiff |
1912 | Renamed LADY CHARLOTTE |
11/05/1917 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 11/05/1917: Wrecked at Porth Ellick, St Mary’s, Scillies at 49.55N – 06.18W |
On a voyage from Cardiff to Alexandria with a cargo of coal |
Above photo as LADY CHARLOTTE courtesy of Photoship