Name: | CHARTERS TOWER |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 29/02/1888 |
Completed: | 04/1888 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Co |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 234 |
Dimensions: | 2927grt, 1926nrt, 317.5 x 40.2 x 24.1ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23, 37.5 & 60 x 39ins), 206nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Co, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 94380 |
History: | |
04/1888 | F Stumore & Co, London |
1889 | MEM Makalua, Honolulu; renamed SAN MATEO |
1897 | Pacific Improvement Co, Honolulu |
1911 | Edgar F Luckenbach, San Francisco |
1915 | Renamed FRED’K LUCKENBACH |
1919 | Luckenbach SS Co Inc, New York |
1923 | Wabash SS Corporation, New York; renamed CASTLE LODGE |
1923 | Cornelius H Callaghan, New York; renamed VIRGINIA PRETELT |
1924 | Albert Jensen A/S (Hans Jensen), Copenhagen; renamed KIRSTEN JENSEN |
Q3/1924 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1915: Also seen as FRED K LUCKENBACH |
09/03/1924: Arrived at Genoa from Livorno for breaking up | |
Q3/1924: Broken up at Genoa |