Name: | BEACONSFIELD |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 26/07/1877 |
Completed: | 09/1877 |
Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 3 |
Dimensions: | 1736grt, 1118nrt, 270.0 x 34.0 x 24.5ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (32 & 61 x 36ins), 160nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 76646 |
History: | |
11/09/1877 | George Cleugh, Newcastle; registered at North Shields |
1888 | John N Wilson, Newcastle |
by 1904 | John N Wilson, Tynemouth |
07/04/1905 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 07/04/1905: Wrecked north of Kvitholmen, Norway |
On a voyage from Blyth to Trondheim with a cargo of coal |
Photo courtesy of Richard Cox
The Newcastle Courant, Friday, September 14, 1877