Name: | ASTON |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 20/04/1867 |
Completed: | 1867 |
Builder: | Schlesinger, Davis & Co |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 10 |
Dimensions: | 132grt, 90nrt, 100.0 x 20.0 x 9.5ft |
Engines: | D2cyl (16 & 16 x 15ins), 25hp |
Engines by: | Thompson, Boyd & Co, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 58201 |
History: | |
1867 | J & F Thompson, Queensferry, Chester |
1879 | The Aston Steamship Co Ltd, Hawarden, Chester |
1882 | John Coppack, Connah’s Quay |
1894 | John Gardner & Co, Glasgow |
1903 | Broken up |
Comments: | 31/01/1903: Beached at Garvel Point on the Clyde after a collision with the steam |
tug NEPTUNE off Greenock, while on a voyage from Glasgow to Bonawe with coal. | |
09/02/1903: Refloated and taken to Bowling where she was broken up. |