Name: | EIFFEL TOWER |
Type: | Cargo ship |
Launched: | 10/02/1891 |
Completed: | 04/1891 |
Builder: | William Dobson & Co |
Yard: | Walker |
Yard Number: | 43 |
Dimensions: | 3187grt, 2063nrt, 330.0 x 40.3 x 26.7ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23, 38 & 61 x 42ins), 258nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 98919 |
History: | |
04/1891 | F Stumore & Co, London |
1893 | Dunedin Steamship Co Ltd, Leith |
1904 | Renamed DUNDAS |
1912 | Utsunomiya Kaisoten Goshi Kaisha, Kobe; renamed EUROPA MARU No 2 |
1916 | Uchida Kisen KK, Tarumi |
1918 | Sugano Gomei Kaisha, Amagasaki; name rendered as YOROPPA MARU No 2 |
1921 | Hamane Shoten KK, Yuge; renamed YOROPPA MARU |
1927 | Taiyo Gyogyo Goshi Kaisha, Yuge |
2Q/1929 | Broken up |
Comments: | 01/10/1894: Ran aground on Cold Knap Point at Barry in South Wales |
Refloated at high tide the same day and towed to Barry Dock for repair | |
2Q/1929: Broken up in Japan |
Above photo courtesy of Clive Ketley