Name: | CUIRASSIER |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 22/10/1914 |
Completed: | 11/1914 |
Builder: | William Dobson & Co |
Yard: | Walker |
Yard Number: | 189 |
Dimensions: | 1045grt, 474nrt, 230.6 x 35.0 x 14.9ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (18, 30 & 49 x 33ins), 170nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 135360 |
History: | |
26/11/1914 | Fisher, Renwick; Manchester-London Steamers Ltd, Manchester |
1939 | Coast Lines Ltd, Liverpool; renamed THAMES COAST |
1947 | Malabar Steamshop Co Ltd, Bombay; renamed JAGDAMBA |
30/12/1948 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 30/12/1948: Wrecked 30nm south of Tuticorin, South East India |
On a voyage from Calicut to Tuticorin with a cargo of baled cotton | |
1951: Wreck taken to Madras for breaking up by M Valut |
Above photo as CUIRASSIER is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as THAMES COAST is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as THAMES COAST is courtesy of JD Hill