Name: | BULUWAYO |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 12/03/1895 |
Completed: | 05/1895 |
Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 622 |
Dimensions: | 4412grt, 2752nrt, 360.0 x 47.0 x 27.7ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (30, 50 & 80 x 54ins), 578nhp |
Engines by: | Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 13.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 104874 |
History: | |
01/1895 | British & Colonial Steam Navigation Co Ltd (Bucknall Brothers), London |
1901 | Bucknall Steamship Lines Ltd (Bucknall Brothers), London |
1913 | Bank Line Ltd (A Weir & Co), Glasgow; renamed KATHIAWAR |
1923 | Broken up |
Comments: | Built for the service between UK and South & East Africa |
Accommodation for 66 x 1st Class passengers | |
1923: Broken up in Belgium (some reports say Germany) |
Above photo as BULUWAYO is copyright of the Royal Museums Greenwich
Above photo as BULUWAYO is courtesy of Clive Ketley
Above photo as BULUWAYO is courtesy of Ron Mapplebeck
Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 17/05/1895