Name: | BRASILIA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 24/04/1906 |
Completed: | 06/1906 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 788 |
Dimensions: | 6585grt, 4217nrt, 449.0 x 53.2 x 31.4ft |
Engines: | Q4cyl (25.5, 36.5, 52 & 75 x 51ins), 402nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
06/1906 | Hamburg-Amerika Linie, Hamburg |
1919 | French Government, Dunkerque |
1923 | Hamburg-Amerika Linie, Hamburg |
1926 | Renamed GRANADA |
20/09/1931 | Broken up |
Comments: | 08/1914: Laid up at Barcelona |
1919: Ceded to France as a war reparation | |
20/09/1931: Arrived at Genoa for breaking up by Mermontana |
Above photo as BRASILIA is courtesy of John Bage
Above photo of BRASILIA's engine is courtesy of John Bage
Jarrow Express, Friday, 27/04/1906