Name: | CHIRTON |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 30/10/1882 |
Completed: | 11/1882 |
Builder: | T & W Smith |
Yard: | North Shields |
Yard Number: | 81 |
Dimensions: | 1052grt, 645nrt, 225.0 x 33.1 x 14.9ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (26 & 52 x 33ins), 129nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 84872 |
History: | |
09/12/1882 | Eskdale, Dodds & Co, North Shields |
1893 | J Walton, North Shields |
1897 | A/S Arthur (LB Rafen), Holmestrand; renamed ARTHUR |
28/01/1910 | Sank |
Comments: | 28/01/1910: Sank after grounding off Falsterbo |
On a voyage from Ghent to Neufahrwasser with a cargo of phosphate | |
Subsequently refloated and broken up |