Name: | DENBIGHSHIRE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 15/01/1885 |
Completed: | 03/1885 |
Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 88 |
Dimensions: | 2538grt, 1998nrt, 317.0 x 38.0 x 24.5ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (38 & 72 x 48ins), 299nhp |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.5knots (trials) |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 89669 |
History: | |
26/02/1885 | Jenkins & Co, London |
1894 | Government of Japan – Navy Dept, Tokyo; renamed FUKUOKA MARU |
1895 | Osaka Shosen KK, Osaka |
1913 | Akita Shokwai Goshi Kaisha, Nishinomiya |
1920 | Yamasaki Kisen KK, Hakodate |
23/01/1927 | Wrecked |
Comments: | Built for the London to China and Japan service |
Accommodation for a limited number of passengers | |
23/01/1927: Wrecked at Kawajiri Bay, NE coast of Noto Peninsula | |
On a voyage from Fushiki to Tsuruga |
Shields Daily News, Thursday, 12/03/1885