Name: | DOUGLAS HILL |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 06/03/1890 |
Completed: | 04/1890 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 641 |
Dimensions: | 2172grt, 1384nrt, 275.3 x 37.8 x 20.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (22, 35 & 58 x 39ins), 213nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 95192 |
History: | |
01/04/1890 | E Thomas, Radcliffe & Co, Cardiff |
1908 | Renamed IOLO |
1909 | F Childs & Co, Cardiff; renamed SELWORTHY |
17/03/1910 | Sank |
Comments: | 17/03/1910: Sank after an explosion off the Canary Islands |
On a voyage from Las Palmas to Sevilla in ballast | |
Board of Trade Inquiry decided the explosion was probably sabotage by the crew |
Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 07/03/1890
Extract of BoT Inquiry, 28/06/1910