Name: | EARL DOUGLAS |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 21/09/1850 |
Completed: | 10/1850 |
Builder: | Thomas Toward |
Yard: | St Peter's Quay, Newcastle |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 272grt, 194nrt, 140.6 x 20.5 x 12.6ft |
Engines: | 2cyl (32 & 32 x 26ins), 60nhp |
Engines by: | R Stephenson & Co, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | |
History: | |
19/10/1850 | J Ormston, WJV Haansbergen & JC Potts, Newcastle |
28/11/1854 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 28/11/1854: Wrecked on the Hinder Bank in a gale |
On a voyage from Newcastle to Rotterdam carrying general cargo |
Newcastle Journal, Saturday, 28/09/1850
Newcastle Guardian, Saturday, 05/10/1850
Newcastle Journal, Saturday, 09/12/1854. Courtesy of Arie de Lange