Name: | BOUCAU |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 29/07/1882 |
Completed: | 08/1882 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 474 |
Dimensions: | 1011grt, 703nrt, 240.3 x 33.2 x 16.1ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (30 & 57 x 36ins), 162nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
08/1882 | D’Orbigny & Faustin fils, La Rochelle |
1899 | A D’Orbigny, Faustin & Cie, La Rochelle |
1908 | Cie des Chargeus Français (Plisson & Cie), Bayonne |
02/11/1909 | Sank |
Comments: | 02/11/1909: Sank after a collision with SALYBIA off Lundy Island |
On a voyage from Boucau to Barry with a cargo of pitwood |
Above photo is courtesy of David Asprey
Shields Daily News, Monday, 31/07/1882