Name: | GRENADIER |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 25/04/1895 |
Completed: | 05/06/1895 |
Builder: | Wigham Richardson & Co |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 309 |
Dimensions: | 1004grt, 591nrt, 810dwt, 240.0 x 30.2 x 14.7ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (20, 32 & 53 x 36ins), 181nhp |
Engines by: | Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 14.2knots (trials) |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 104282 |
History: | |
05/06/1895 | Tyne Steam Shipping Co Ltd, Newcastle |
1903 | Tyne-Tees Shipping Co Ltd, Newcastle |
23/02/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | Accommodation for 56 x 1st Class & 16 x 2nd Class passengers |
Contract Price £22607; Profit 422-16s-9d | |
1895: Used on Tyne to Rotterdam trade | |
01/1904: In collision with & sank the fishing boat MAGGIE FLETT off the Tyne | |
21/07/1908: When outward bound from Cuxhaven, she was stranded | |
between the islands of Langeoog and Spiegeroog | |
Subsequently repaired at West Hartlepool | |
23/02/1917: Torpedoed & sunk 6 miles NE of the Shipwash Light Vessel |