Name: | GLENMORVEN |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 23/12/1882 |
Completed: | 02/1883 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 484 |
Dimensions: | 2812grt, 1803nrt, 320.5 x 40.0 x 25.0ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (38 & 72 x 48ins), 297nhp; |
(1898: T3cyl (21, 35 & 56 x 48ins), 222nhp) | |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow; |
(1898: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend) | |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 87242 |
History: | |
14/02/1883 | Lindsay, Gracie & Co, Leith |
1886 | Glenmorven Steam Ship Co Ltd (Lindsay, Gracie & Co), Leith |
1905 | Akenside Shipping Co Ltd (W Coupland & Co), Leith |
26/12/1914 | Missing |
Comments: | 1898: Engine tripled |
26/12/1914: Sailed from the Tyne for Livorno with a cargo of coal | |
Subsequently reported missing. It was presumed that she hit a mine |
Newcastle Journal, Tuesday, 26/12/1882