Name: | CANTON |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 22/12/1870 |
Completed: | 1871 |
Builder: | Charles Mitchell & Co |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 241 |
Dimensions: | 1880grt, 1215nrt, 290.6 x 35.3 x 25.4ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (36 & 68 x x 36ins), 200nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 65558 |
History: | |
1871 | Watts, Milburn & Co, London |
07/07/1874 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 07/07/1874: Wrecked on the Min Reef, Min River, China. |
On a voyage from Foochow to London with a cargo of tea & silks |