Name: | CAIRNAVON |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 26/05/1892 |
Completed: | 07/1892 |
Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Bill Quay |
Yard Number: | 37 |
Dimensions: | 1562grt, 998nrt, 250.6 x 36.1 x 16.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (19, 31 & 51 x 36ins), 156nhp |
Engines by: | Black, Hawthorn & Co, Gateshead |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 97999 |
History: | |
07/1892 | Cairns Young Noble, Newcastle |
by 1904 | Owner re-styled as Cairn Line of Steamships Ltd, Newcastle |
14/11/1904 | Sank |
Comments: | 14/11/1904: Sank after collision with ELKAB at Palingplaat, Antwerp roads |
On voyage from Tunis to Antwerp with a cargo of zinc ore |
Above photo courtesy of Richard Cox