Name: | BIELA |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 03/03/1870 |
Completed: | 1870 |
Builder: | Andrew Leslie & Co |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 119 |
Dimensions: | 2170grt, 1401nrt, 316.0 x 34.9 x 21.8ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (29 & 66 x 48ins), 280hp; (1883: C2cyl (34 & 68 x 48ins), 250nhp) |
Engines by: | R Stephenson & Co, Newcastle; (1883: J Jones & Son, Liverpool) |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 63247 |
History: | |
1870 | Liverpool, Brazil & River Plate SN Co (Lamport & Holt), Liverpool |
01/10/1900 | Sank |
Comments: | Built to carry 102 x passengers |
1883: Re-engined | |
01/10/1900: Sank after a collision with EAGLE POINT off Nantucket Shoals | |
On a voyage from New York to Manchester |