Name: | CAESAR |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 13/12/1888 |
Completed: | 01/1889 |
Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 137 |
Dimensions: | 2315grt, 1509nrt, 280.5 x 42.3 x 18.0ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (21, 35 & 57 x 39ins), 190nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
01/1889 | F Ivers, Stettin |
1890 | JA Bredt, Stettin |
21/07/1901 | Beached |
Comments: | 21/07/1901: Beached in the Wielingen, River Scheldt after a collision with WEIMAR |
On a voyage from Braila to Antwerp with a cargo of wheat and railway sleepers |
Above photo is courtesy of David Asprey
Shields Daily News, Friday, 14/12/1888