Name: | DURLEY |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 20/12/1866 |
Completed: | 02/1867 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 211 |
Dimensions: | 785grt, 534nrt, 212.3 x 28.3 x 17.5ft; (1875: 950grt, 700nrt, 241.7ft) |
Engines: | C2cyl (25 & 47 x 30ins), 98hp |
Engines by: | Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 56761 |
History: | |
04/02/1867 | George Palmer & Co, London |
1869 | Samuel Powditch, London |
1871 | Cuthbert Hutchinson, London |
1883 | Leeds Steam Ship Co Ltd, Cardiff |
10/04/1887 | Sank |
Comments: | 1875: Lengthened to 241.7ft |
10/04/1887: Sank after a collision with SIRIUS off the Gironde Estuary | |
On a voyage from Cardiff to Trieste with a cargo of patent fuel |
Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 28/04/1887