Name: | EUPHRATES |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 23/10/1877 |
Completed: | 12/1877 |
Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 5 |
Dimensions: | 2025grt, 1300nrt, 287.0 x 34.6 x 24.7ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (36 & 64 x 42ins), 200nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 77058 |
History: | |
24/12/1877 | William H Tindall, London |
1886 | William H Tindall & Co, London |
1893 | Britain Steamship Co Ltd (Watts, Ward & Co), London; renamed HIGHBURY |
16/02/1894 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 16/02/1894: Wrecked at Marabout |
On a voyage from Newport to Alexandria with a cargo of coal & patent fuel |