Name: | ASHINGTON |
Type: | Cargo ship |
Launched: | 14/03/1892 |
Completed: | 05/1892 |
Builder: | William Dobson & Co |
Yard: | Walker |
Yard Number: | 51 |
Dimensions: | 885grt, 561nrt, 206.7 x 30.1 x 14.1ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (17, 28.5 & 46 x 33ins), 98nhp |
Engines by: | J Dickinson & Co, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 97994 |
History: | |
05/1892 | Ashington Coal Co (W Milburn & Co), Newcastle |
1905 | NV Mij tot Explotatie v/het ss Betsy Anna (WA Berghuys), Amsterdam |
1905 | Renamed BETSY ANNA |
12/10/1926 | Sank |
Comments: | 17/08/1926: Grounded on Prawle Point, Devon |
On a voyage from Fleetwood to Rotterdam in ballast | |
Subsequently refloated & taken in tow by the tug TRUSTEE | |
12/10/1926: Sank while under tow 12 miles off the Needles | |
On a voyage from Salcombe to Cowes |
Above photos as BETSY ANNA courtesy of Photoship
Above photos as BETSY ANNA courtesy of Photoship
Above photos as BETSY ANNA courtesy of Photoship