Name: | CASTLEDALE launched as BAY OF ABOUKIR |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 11/11/1882 |
Completed: | 25/12/1882 |
Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 143 |
Dimensions: | 2358grt, 1532nrt, 3252dwt, 300.4 x 37.2 x 26.6ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (38 & 72 x 48ins), 330nhp |
Engines by: | J Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.1knots (trials) |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 86270 |
History: | |
25/12/1882 | Castledale Steam Ship Co Ltd (Thomlinson & Thomson & Co, managers), Liverpool |
1885 | J Little & Co, Glasgow |
1894 | Burrell & Sons, Glasgow |
1898 | Angf Akt Metellus (BM Bank), Helsingborg |
1901 | D Milberg, Hamburg; renamed EMMA |
26/09/1903 | Sank |
Comments: | 11/11/1882: Launched as BAY OF ABOUKIR |
Ordered by WW Long & Taylor, Liverpool, but sold before completion | |
Contract Price £40700, Profit £6790 | |
26/09/1903: Foundered 30nm south of Taenholm | |
On a voyage from Narvik to Ardrossan with a cargo of iron ore |
Lloyd's List, Monday, 20/11/1882