Name: | CASTLETON |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 05/07/1879 |
Completed: | 08/1879 |
Builder: | Schlesinger, Davis & Co |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 101 |
Dimensions: | 1752grt, 1149nrt, 279.5 x 34.0 x 23.0ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (32 & 62 x 40ins), 200nhp |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 81774 |
History: | |
19/08/1879 | Matthew Cope, Cardiff |
14/10/1886 | Missing |
Comments: | 08/11/1879: Aground on Ricasoli Point, near Malta. Salved |
14/10/1886: Dropped pilot off Breaksea Point on a voyage from Cardiff to | |
St Lucia with a cargo of coal. Missing presumed sunk in Bideford Bay |