Name: | ATALANTA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 05/03/1889 |
Completed: | 04/1889 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 617 |
Dimensions: | 1039grt, 294nrt, 235.0 x 31.6 x 21.3ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (28, 45 & 72 x 45ins), 400nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 17.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 95541 |
History: | |
04/1889 | Atalanta Steam Ship Co Ltd (J White), London |
05/12/1890 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 05/12/1890: Wrecked on Savanna-la-Mar bar, Jamaica |
On a voyage from Milk River, Jamaica to Montego Bay | |
and New York with a cargo of fruit |
Newcastle Evening Chronicle, Wednesday, 06/03/1889