Name: | CILURNUM |
Type: | Sailing Vessel |
Launched: | 27/10/1874 |
Completed: | 12/1874 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 306 |
Dimensions: | 1966grt, 1885nrt, 272.5 x 38.9 x 23.6ft |
Engines: | None |
Engines by: | n/a |
Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Ship |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 70680 |
History: | |
18/01/1875 | Hall Brothers, Newcastle; registered at London |
20/08/1885 | Sank |
Comments: | 20/08/1885: On fire, abandoned & scuttled, 100 miles off the coast of Brazil |
On a voyage from the Tyne to San Francisco with a cargo of coal |
Above painting of CILURNUM is copyright of the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich
Shipping & Mercantile Gazette, Friday, 30/10/1874
Shields Daily News, Friday, 23/10/1885