TYNE BUILT SHIPS
  A history of Tyne shipbuilders and the ships that they built

Home

Shipbuilders

Ships

River Views

About

Copyright


Select

Ship Name

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

XYZ



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