Name: | BRITTANY |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 21/04/1871 |
Completed: | 07/1871 |
Builder: | Schlesinger, Davis & Co |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 30 |
Dimensions: | 864grt, 540nrt, 205.0 x 28.6 x 17.2ft; (1879: 876grt, 554nrt) |
Engines: | 2cyl (39 & 39 x 30ins), 95hp; (1881: C2cyl (26 & 52 x 30ins), 95hp) |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 65123 |
History: | |
21/07/1871 | P & F Hacquoil, Cardiff |
1874 | Hacquoil Brothers, Cardiff |
1883 | Brittany Steamship Co Ltd (MJ Trounce), Cardiff |
1892 | A/S Stavanger (TS Falck), Stavanger; renamed STAVANGER |
1894 | SS Benalder Co Ltd (Whittles, Pallister & Co), South Shields |
1894 | Renamed BRITTANY |
1899 | Handels Sölvesborg Skeppsvarf (O Banck), Sölvesborg; renamed DANA |
1903 | Broken up |
Comments: | Liverpool Underwriters survey says launch was 20/04/1871 |
1881: Engine compounded | |
22/03/1898: Stranded at Gjerrildklint, Denmark | |
On a voyage from Blyth to Svendborg with a cargo of coal | |
Subsequently refloated, sold and repaired | |
Q4/1903: Broken up at Sölvesborg, Sweden |
Shipping & Mercantile Gazette, Wednesday, 26/04/1871