Name: | BURMESE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 20/12/1873 |
Completed: | 02/1874 |
Builder: | John Softley & Co |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | 100 |
Dimensions: | 1951grt, 1269nrt, 286.0 x 35.2 x 24.9ft |
Engines: | CI2cyl (36 & 66 x 42ins), 180nhp |
Engines by: | Hawks, Crawshay & Sons, Gateshead |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 65479 |
History: | |
19/02/1874 | Thomas Sutton, North Shields |
1879 | Thomas Skinner & Co, London; renamed KENMURE CASTLE |
02/02/1883 | Sank |
Comments: | 02/02/1883: Foundered in the Bay of Biscay when 200 nm from the coast |
On a voyage from London to Shanghai carrying general cargo |
Shipping & Mercantile Gazette, Tuesday, 03/03/1874
Sunderland Daily Echo, Friday, 09/02/1883