Name: | ATLANTIC |
Type: | Sailing Vessel |
Launched: | 01/08/1863 |
Completed: | 1863 |
Builder: | John Rogerson & Co |
Yard: | St Peter's, Newcastle |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 416nrt, 139.7 x 28.2 x 16.1ft |
Engines: | None |
Engines by: | n/a |
Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Barque |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 47414 |
History: | |
26/08/1863 | Petroleum Trading Co, London |
30/05/1865 | John Rogerson, London |
17/01/1868 | Wrecked |
Comments: | Fitted to carry petroleum in bulk (without the aid of casks) |
Her tank space was subdivided by a longitudinal & three transverse bulkheads | |
Expansion of the cargo was provided for by fitting of hollow iron masts | |
The first to be fitted with own cargo pumps | |
17/01/1868: Wrecked at Holyhead |
Newcastle Journal, Monday, 03/08/1863
Newcastle Daily Chronicle, Monday, 03/08/1863