Name: | FINSBURY |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 24/07/1880 |
Completed: | 09/1880 |
Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 48 |
Dimensions: | 1909grt, 1230nrt, 270.0 x 35.1 x 24.5ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (26 & 32 x 42ins), 200nhp; (1893: T3cyl (20, 33 & 54 x 36ins), 170nhp) |
Engines by: | Thomas Clark & Co, Newcastle; (1893: Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton) |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 82795 |
History: | |
06/09/1880 | Watts, Ward & Co, London |
1895 | Britain Steam Ship Co Ltd (Watts, Watts & Co), London |
22/09/1903 | Missing |
Comments: | 1893: Re-engined by Blair & Co |
22/09/1903: Sailed from Kobe to Vladivostok carring general cargo | |
Subsequently reported missing |
The Newcastle Courant, Friday, 30/07/1880