Name: | EDITH |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 14/04/1870 |
Completed: | 09/1870 |
Builder: | Andrew Leslie & Co |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 124 |
Dimensions: | 891grt, 497nrt, 250.6 x 30.1 x 14.4ft |
Engines: | Osc 2cyl (63 & 63 & 72ins), 300nhp; (1892: 2 x T3cyl (16.5, 26 & 41 x 30ins), 184nhp) |
Engines by: | R Stephenson & Co, Newcastle; (1892: Laird Brothers, Birkenhead) |
Propulsion: | Paddle; (1892: 2 x Screws) |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 63663 |
History: | |
28/09/1870 | London & North-Western Railway Co, London |
21/03/1912 | West of Scotland Shipbreaking Co Ltd, Glasgow |
06/1912 | A Depauw, Bruges; renamed VOS |
1913 | Government of Belgium |
01/1914 | Broken up |
Comments: | Operated on the Holyhead to Dublin and Greenore services |
08/09/1875: Sank in Holyhead harbour after a collision with DUCHESS OF SUTHERLAND | |
08/12/1877: Refloated and repaired | |
1878: Converted to a cattle carrier | |
1892: Converted to twin-screws and 2 x T3cyl | |
03/1912: Sold at auction for £2,120 | |
06/1912: Sold for £3,500 | |
1913: Seized by Belgian Government due to suspected gun running | |
01/1914: Broken up at Troon by the West of Scotland Shipbreaking Co |
Newcastle Daily Chronicle, Thursday, 27/06/1912