Name: | GLENDOWER |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 04/05/1882 |
Completed: | 06/1882 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 466 |
Dimensions: | 2496grt, 1650nrt, 291.8 x 37.3 x 28.0ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (36 & 68 x 45ins), 260nhp; (1892: T3cyl (23.5, 36 & 68 x 45ins), 225nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 84941 |
History: | |
12/06/1882 | Glendower Steamship Co Ltd (J Potter & Co), Leith |
1883 | Tyne Glendower Steam Ship Co Ltd (J Potter & Co), Leith |
1887 | Managers became Lindsay, Gracie & Co, Leith |
12/01/1899 | Sank |
Comments: | 1892: Engine tripled by Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
12/01/1899: Foundered in the North Atlantic, midway between St John's & Cork | |
On a voyage from Philadelphia to Sligo with a cargo of maize |
Shields Daily News, Saturday, 06/05/1882
Newcastle Journal, Monday, 22/05/1882