Name: | COUNTY |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 26/09/1889 |
Completed: | 11/1889 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 628 |
Dimensions: | 2044grt, 1331nrt, 275.2 x 37.9 x 19.0ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (18.5, 35 & 54 x 42ins), 205nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 96165 |
History: | |
21/11/1889 | Durham Steam Ship Co Ltd (WJ Jobling), Newcastle |
1893 | Manager became J White |
1898 | McLaren & Mclaren, Newcastle |
1899 | Powis Steamship Co Ltd (Jenkins, Williams & Co), Cardiff; renamed POWIS |
1905 | Managers became Jenkins Brothers |
20/06/1907 | Sank |
Comments: | 20/06/1907: Sank 25 miles off Seriphos Island, Greece |
On a voyage from Seriphos to Middlesbrough with a cargo of iron ore |