Name: | CRESSWELL |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 21/07/1891 |
Completed: | 09/1891 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 663 |
Dimensions: | 2030grt, 1287nrt, 265.0 x 40.0 x 15.9ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (22, 35 & 58 x 42ins), 222nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 97978 |
History: | |
09/1891 | Cresswell Steamship Ltd (JE Bowser, Ormston & Co), Newcastle |
1895 | Managers became JE Bowser & Son |
1899 | Booth Steamship Co Ltd, Liverpool; renamed GREGORY |
22/11/1920 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 22/11/1920: Wrecked off Tutoia Bar, Brazil |
On a voyage from New York to Manaus carrying general cargo |