Name: | COUNT D'ASPREMONT |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 19/02/1874 |
Completed: | 07/1874 |
Builder: | Coulson, Cooke & Co |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 7 |
Dimensions: | 476grt, 303nrt, 162.5 x 23.2 x 14.1ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (20.5 & 40 x 28ins), 65hp |
Engines by: | Christie, Gutch & Co, North Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 70222 |
History: | |
07/07/1874 | Henry F Swan, Newcastle |
1875 | G Reid, Newcastle |
1875 | C Balguerie & Zoon, Rotterdam; renamed OTHELLO |
1892 | Harries Bros & Co Ltd, Swansea; renamed COUNT D'ASPREMONT |
1898 | Anglo-American Agency Co Ltd (Isaac Crocker), Cardiff |
09/12/1903 | Wrecked |
Comments: | Probably launched as FRAMLINGTON for Humble & Thompson |
09/12/1903: Wrecked on Horse Rock, Ramsey Sound | |
On passage from Dublin for Newport Monmouthshire in ballast. |
Above photo as COUNT D'ASPREMONT courtesy of David Asprey
Newcastle Journal, Friday, 20/02/1874