Name: | FRANCES DUNCAN |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 11/06/1907 |
Completed: | 08/1907 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 797 |
Dimensions: | 2384grt, 972nrt, 297.2 x 41.5 x 20.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (22, 41 & 67 x 45ins), 438nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 123185 |
History: | |
24/07/1907 | Frances Duncan Steamship Co Ltd (JT Duncan & Co), Cardiff |
05/12/1929 | Sank |
Comments: | 05/12/1929: Foundered in a gale 5 miles off Lands End |
On a voyage from Barry to Rouen with a cargo of coal |
Sunderland Daily Echo, Friday, 06/12/1929