Name: | CHIPCHASE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Keel: | 14/10/1863 |
Launched | 03/1864 |
Completed: | 13/04/1864 (trials) |
Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co |
Yard: | Neptune, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 26 |
Dimensions: | 560grt, 428nrt, 685dwt, 181.3 x 27.0 x 16.6ft; |
(1869: 664grt, 438nrt, 213.0 x 27.4 x 15.4ft) | |
Engines: | 70hp; (1874: C2cyl (26 & 48 x 33ins), 99nhp) |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle; (1874: Dunston Engineering Works) |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.5knots |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 45637 |
History: | |
1864 | Shields & Steam Shipping Co Ltd |
1874 | Thomas W Hughes, South Shields |
1875 | JG Gleimius, Newcastle |
1885 | W Hedley, Newcastle |
1891 | M Archer (W Swanston & Sons, manager), Newcastle |
1903 | G Folena, Leghorn; renamed GILIANO FOLENA |
No further history known | |
Comments: | 1869: Lengthened to 213.0ft, 664grt |
1874: Re-engined | |
Eventually reduced to a hulk at Leghorn, no further trace. |