Name: | FOUNTAINS ABBEY |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 06/08/1879 |
Completed: | 08/1879 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 395 |
Dimensions: | 1395grt, 813nrt, 243.0 x 33.2 x 18.0ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (30 & 57 x 36ins), 149nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 81776 |
History: | |
29/08/1879 | Pyman & Watson, Cardiff |
1883 | Pyman, Watson & Co, Cardiff |
1898 | James Cormack & Co, Leith |
25/11/1921 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 25/11/1921: Wrecked 4 miles north of Arbroath |
On a voyage from Riga to Dundee & Grangemouth with a cargo of flax & timber |
Cardiff Times, Saturday, 09/08/1879
The Scotsman, Saturday, 26/11/1921