Name: | BRITISH QUEEN |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 22/03/1890 |
Completed: | 05/1890 |
Builder: | Palmers' Ship Building & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 642 |
Dimensions: | 4388grt, 3429nrt, 400.0 x 47.2 x 27.9ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (29, 47 & 76 x 51ins), 446nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Ship Building & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 97782 |
History: | |
22/05/1890 | British Shipowners Co Ltd, Liverpool |
1903 | James Jerome, New York |
1904 | Michigan Steam Ship Co (J Jerome), New York; renamed LANSING |
1906 | Union Steam Ship Co (Union Oil of California), Los Angeles |
1926 | California Sea Products Co, San Francisco |
1932 | Fishermen's Produce Co, San Francisco |
1941 | WR Carpenter Oversea Shipping Ltd, Port Moresby |
1946 | China Trading Corporation (WCT Hwang), Shanghai |
1946 | Renamed CHINA NAVIGATOR |
1948 | Broken up |
Comments: | 18/02/1902: Burned in Phoenix Docks, Hoboken, beached off Brooklyn |
10/04/1902: Refloated and sold. Subsequently repaired | |
1904: Converted to a tanker, 4536 grt | |
1942: Reconverted to dry cargo | |
06/1948: Broken up at Shanghai by Chung Hua Shipbldg & Eng Co Ltd |