Name: | ECHO |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 23/06/1868 |
Completed: | 09/1868 |
Builder: | Andrew Leslie & Co |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 100 |
Dimensions: | 178grt, 111nrt, 129.4 x 20.1 x 9.8ft (1872: 240grt, 180nrt, 165.2ft) |
Engines: | 2cyl (27 & 27 x 18ins), 50hp; (by 1890: IC2cyl (23.5 & 37.5 x 18ins), 50hp) |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle; (by 1890: Fraissinet & Co, Marseilles) |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 60865 |
History: | |
25/09/1868 | Jules Gaudet, London |
1874 | The Gaudet Frères London & Paris Steam Ship Co Ltd, London |
by 1882 | A & L Fraissinet, Marseilles |
by 1890 | Fraissinet & Co, Marseilles |
No later history known | |
Comments: | 1872: Lengthened to 165.2ft |
by 1890: Re-engined by Fraissinet & Co, Marseilles |
Newcastle Journal, Wednesday, 24/06/1868