Name: | FOXHALL |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 10/10/1885 |
Completed: | 19/11/1885 |
Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 193 |
Dimensions: | 843grt, 538nrt, 560dwt, 190.0 x 28.2 x 20.0ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (30 & 61 x 39ins), 200nhp |
Engines by: | J Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.5 knots (trials) |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 91886 |
History: | |
19/11/1885 | Phipps & Co, London |
1893 | LC Fallon, USA |
1895 | New Orleans, Belize Royal Mail & Central American SS Co (Machoca Bros, managers), USA |
1899 | United Fruit Co, Boston |
1906 | United States & Porto Rico Nav Co; renamed RAMOS |
1907 | New York & Porto Rico SS Co (Sloan, Danehower & Co, managers) |
12/07/1916 | Sank |
Comments: | Built for the New Orleans – Port Limon route, carrying fruit and coffee |
Contract price £14600; Profit £473-4s-2d | |
12/07/1916: Foundered 310 miles NW of Watling Island | |
on passage from Philadelphia to Cartagena with a cargo of coal |