Name: | GOSFORTH |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 03/04/1866 |
Completed: | 04/1866 |
Builder: | T & W Smith |
Yard: | North Shields |
Yard Number: | 31 |
Dimensions: | 833grt, 662nrt, 214.5 x 29.2 x 17.6ft; (1873: 1004grt, 681nrt, 244.5 x 29.2 x 17.4ft) |
Engines: | 2cyl, 100nhp; (1873: CI2cyl (27 & 55 x 30ins), 120hp) |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle; (1873: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle) |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 51395 |
History: | |
25/06/1866 | Watts, Milburn & Co, Newcastle |
1873 | Registered at London |
07/1879 | Transferred to Watts, Ward & Co, London |
04/04/1881 | Sank |
Comments: | 1873: Lengthened to 244.5ft |
1873: Engine compounded | |
04/04/1881: Foundered in the Bay of Biscay | |
On a voyage from Newport to Savona with a cargo of coal |