Name: | BOMBAY |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 17/06/1882 |
Completed: | 1882 |
Builder: | C Mitchell & Co |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 432 |
Dimensions: | 3192grt, 2049nrt, 337.0 x 41.4 x 26.5ft |
Engines: | CI2cyl (40 & 74 x 54ins), 350nhp; (1891: T3cyl (23.5, 39 & 64 x 42in), 270nhp) |
Engines by: | North-East Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland; (1891: Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton) |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 86976 |
History: | |
1882 | Nelson, Donkin & Co, London |
1909 | A/S Nor (Chr Christensen), Sandefjord |
1919 | A/S Ørnen (SL Christensen), Sandefjord |
1922 | A/S Congo & A/S Gabon (SL Christensen), Sandefjord |
1922 | Renamed PROFESSOR GRUVEL |
12/10/1927 | Sank |
Comments: | 1891: Re-engined |
1909: Converted to a whale oil factory ship by Framnes M/V | |
12/10/1927: Sank in ice about 600 miles south of the Falklands. |
Above photo as BOMBAY copyright of John Clarkson
Above photo as BOMBAY, after conversion, courtesy of Anders Christensen