Name: | AVALON |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 16/06/1888 |
Completed: | 07/1888 |
Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 102 |
Dimensions: | 2083grt, 1354nrt, 280.0 x 37.5 x 19.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (22, 36 & 59 x 39ins), 170nhp |
Engines by: | Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 95444 |
History: | |
07/1888 | English & American Steam Shipping Co Ltd (CT Bowring & Co), London |
1900 | Aznar y Cia, Bilbao; renamed BAT |
12/02/1900 | Missing |
Comments: | 12/02/1900: Sighted off Barry Island on a voyage from Newport to La Rochelle with coal. |
Subsequently reported missing. Wreckage was later found off the French coast. |