Name: | BOLIVAR |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 17/01/1866 |
Completed: | 28/03/1866 |
Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 39 |
Dimensions: | 705grt, 586nrt, 850dwt, 200.7 x 28.3 x 16.1ft |
Engines: | 2cyl (38 & 38 x 30ins), 96nhp |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw; 9.4knots (trials) |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 56463 |
History: | |
28/03/1866 | James Hunter et al, North Shields |
06/1871 | Good, Flodman & Co; registered at Hull; renamed LEANDER |
23/08/1871 | Sank |
Comments: | Built "on spec" to keep the workforce employed |
17/01/1866: Launched for the Colombian Government | |
1866: Sold before completion | |
23/08/1871: Foundered in the North Sea | |
On a voyage from Danzig to Amsterdam with a cargo of wheat & rapeseed |
Hull & Eastern Counties Herald, Thursday, 07/09/1871
See also press release associated with the BOLIVAR built by Palmers in 1866