Name: | BARON VON HUMBOLDT |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 20/09/1854 |
Completed: | 10/1854 |
Builder: | TD Marshall |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 334grt, 239nrt, 136.8 x 26.2 x 12.6ft |
Engines: | 60nhp; (1890: C2cyl (17 & 32.5 x 19.5ins) |
Engines by: | TD Marshall, South Shields: (1890: Rostocker AG, Rostock) |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw; also rigged as a 2 masted Schooner |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 26641 |
History: | |
27/10/1854 | Unknown owner; registered at Newcastle |
22/12/1854 | William S Andrews, London |
1855 | British Government |
05/09/1855 | Renamed BUFFALO |
01/01/1888 | P Jĝrgensen, Korsör; renamed CHARLOTTE |
08/1889 | A Wolff & Co, Danzig |
08/02/1892 | Frankfurter & Liebermann, Hamburg |
1892 | V Baron i Tiffou, Coquimbo; renamed MIRAMAR |
19/12/1896 | Sank |
Comments: | Built to carry iron ore from Middlebrough to the iron works of |
Losh, Wilson & Bell at Walker. Intended two voyages per week | |
12/1854: Used by the UK Government as a transport | |
Carried part of the Balaklava railway to the Crimea | |
Reportedly purchased by the Government for £12,000 | |
1868: Transferred to the Victualing Department | |
1890: Re-engined by Rostocker AG | |
19/12/1896: Sunk on the coast of Coquimbo, Chile | |
Engaged in coastal trade carrying coal |