Name: | CAPTAIN COOK |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 27/10/1870 |
Completed: | 03/1871 |
Builder: | WB Hornby |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 7 |
Dimensions: | 250grt, 155nrt, 141.0 x 22.2 x 10.4ft |
Engines: | I2cyl (24 & 24 x 24ins), 40hp |
Engines by: | Pattison & Atkinson, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 58783 |
History: | |
16/02/1871 | Whitby Steam Shipping Co Ltd, Whitby |
1873 | Michael Murphy Jnr, Dublin; registered at Dublin |
1895 | George Webster, Glasgow |
18/02/1899 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 18/02/1899: Wrecked at Clogher Head, near Drogheda, Ireland |
On a voyage from Glasgow to Drogheda with a cargo of coal |
Yorkshire Post, Thursday, 09/03/1871
Belfast Telegraph, Tuesday, 21/02/1899