Name: | GRANTULLY |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 08/10/1881 |
Completed: | 11/1881 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Co |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 174 |
Dimensions: | 1694grt, 1097nrt, 258.2 x 34.5 x 19.6ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (33 & 61 x 26ins), 160nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Co, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 84532 |
History: | |
21/11/1881 | Groves, Maclean & Co, West Hartlepool |
1888 | Maclean & Co, West Hartlepool |
1891 | Maclean, Doughty & Co, West Hartlepool |
1896 | Rederi A/B ‘Astrea’ (CA Banck), Helsingborg; renamed ASTREA |
17/09/1896 | Sank |
Comments: | 17/09/1896: Sank after a collision with the brigantine LAURA of Faversham |
south of the Swin Middle Lightship in the mouth of the Thames | |
On a voyage from London to Newcastle in ballast |
Shields Daily Gazette, Tuesday, 11/10/1881