Name: | BEDOUIN |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 06/05/1879 |
Completed: | 06/1879 |
Builder: | C Mitchell & Co |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 373 |
Dimensions: | 1967grt, 1277nrt, 286.0 x 35.0 x 24.2ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (34 & 64 x 42ins), 225hp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 81276 |
History: | |
09/06/1879 | Bedouin Steam Navigation Co Ltd (W & R Thomson), Liverpool |
1894 | Pentland Steamship Co Ltd (CR Scott & Co), Liverpool; renamed PENTLAND |
19/12/1896 | Stranded |
Comments: | 19/12/1896: Stranded in the river at Newport, Monmouthshire |
On a voyage from Newport to Torre Annunziata with a cargo of coal | |
Subsequently broke her back and declared a total loss |
Above image as BEDOUIN is courtesy of Photoship
South Wales Echo, Monday, 21/12/1896