Name: | FOREST |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 05/07/1880 |
Completed: | 08/1880 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 421 |
Dimensions: | 1167grt, 756nrt, 240.6 x 33.2 x 16.5ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (28 & 54 x 36ins), 99nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 83804 |
History: | |
09/08/1880 | Forest Steam Ship Co Ltd (Morel Bros & Co), Cardiff |
19/12/1887 | Wrecked |
Comments: | Constructed to carry a heavy cargo such as ore on a light draught |
19/12/1887: Wrecked on the Bilbao Bar | |
On a voyage from Bilbao to Newport with a cargo of iron ore |