Name: | BEVERLEY |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 14/09/1868 |
Completed: | 10/1868 |
Builder: | Andrew Leslie & Co |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 104 |
Dimensions: | 406grt, 253nrt, 171.0 x 28.0 x 10.6ft; (1871: 625grt, 475nrt) |
Engines: | 2cyl, 50nhp |
Engines by: | |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 60500 |
History: | |
05/10/1868 | GA Laws, North Shields; registered at North Shields |
1868 | Edward Jordan Hough, North Shields; registered at Grimsby |
1872 | Registered at London |
1873 | Robert Strahan, Liverpool |
1875 | Edward Jordan Hough, London |
20/02/1877 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 1871: Tonnage recalculated due to addition of a hurricane deck |
1875: Ownership taken back due to non-payment | |
20/02/1877: Caught in a gale with insufficient ballast & forced to anchor north of Biarritz | |
Beached 10 miles north of Biarritz after the anchor chains broke | |
Wreck subsequently sold "as she lay" |