Name: | CASTLEBANK |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 01/11/1883 |
Completed: | 08/12/1883 |
Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 160 |
Dimensions: | 2408grt, 1583nrt, 3400dwt, 300.0 x 37.3 x 27.3ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (35 & 70 x 48ins), 300nhp |
Engines by: | J Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.7knots (trials) |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 87915 |
History: | |
08/12/1883 | Thomlinson,Thomson & Co,Liverpool |
1886 | G Tweedy, Liverpool; renamed AIDAR |
1894 | London Steamers Ltd (P Wigham Richardson, managers), Liverpool |
10/01/1896 | Sank |
Comments: | Contract Price £40000, Profit £5227-11s-7d |
07/03/1886: When on passage from Bombay to Hull with wheat and linseed,the cargo shifted,when struck by a heavy sea off Gozo. One crewman killed | |
10/01/1896: Foundered 36.05N 19.24E when en route from Odessa to Marseilles. | |
She was discovered on her beam ends, in a Northerly gale, in darkness, by the Bibby liner STAFFORDSHIRE, which stood by while the 26 crew and 3 passengers were rescued. |