Name: | CASTILLIAN PRINCE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 03/01/1893 |
Completed: | 02/1893 |
Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 170 |
Dimensions: | 2316grt, 1497nrt, 290.6 x 38.7 x 18.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (22.25, 36.5 & 60 x 39ins), 225nhp |
Engines by: | R Stephenson & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 101820 |
History: | |
02/1893 | Prince Steam Shipping Co Ltd (James Knott), Newcastle |
1898 | Prince Line Ltd (James Knott), Newcastle |
1912 | Amakura Steamship Co Ltd (Booker Bros, McConnell & Co Ltd), Liverpool |
1912 | Renamed AMAKURA |
12/06/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 12/06/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U94, 180 miles NW of Tory Island |
On a voyage from Liverpool to Demerara with general cargo |
Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 04/01/1893