Name: | BENBOW |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 1865 |
Completed: | 08/1865 |
Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Yard: | St Peter's, Newcastle |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 739grt, 578nrt, 200.0 x 29.1 x 16.8ft; (1876: 894grt, 582nrt, 224.8 x 29.1 x 17.2ft) |
Engines: | 2cyl, 120nhp; (1876: C2cyl (31 & 54 x 30ins), 125nhp |
Engines by: | (1876: Gourlay Bros & Co, Dundee) |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, also rigged as a 3 masted Schooner |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 29921 |
History: | |
16/08/1865 | General Steam Navigation Co, London |
by 1909 | General Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London |
1913 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1876: Lengthened to 224.8ft and re-engined |