Name: | BRANKSOME HALL |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 15/12/1887 |
Completed: | 02/1888 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 586 |
Dimensions: | 3839grt, 2495nrt, 380.0 x 45.3 x 27.4ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (29, 47 & 76 x 51ins), 425nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 15.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 93761 |
History: | |
08/02/1888 | Sun Shipping Co Ltd (R Alexander & Co), Liverpool |
1898 | Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co, London; renamed TIENTSIN |
1906 | Shah Steam Navigation Co of India Ltd, Bombay; renamed SHAH NASIR |
1909 | Bombay & Hujaz Steam Navigation Co of India Ltd, Bombay; renamed FAKHRI |
20/12/1911 | Wrecked |
Comments: | Accommodation for 70 x 1st Class & 46 x 2nd Class passengers |
Employed on Far Eastern services | |
29/12/1898: Purchased for £32,802 | |
20/12/1911: Wrecked at the entrance to Perim harbour | |
On a voyage from Jeddah to Bombay carrying pilgrims | |
No lives were lost |