Name: | GRESHAM |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 19/09/1872 |
Completed: | 12/1872 |
Builder: | T & W Smith, Limekilns Shore |
Yard: | North Shields |
Yard Number: | 58 |
Dimensions: | 1690grt, 1092nrt, 260.0 x 34.3 x 23.4ft |
Engines: | CI2cyl (29 & 58 x 36ins), 140nhp |
Engines by: | Ravenhill, Hodgson & Co, London |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 67372 |
History: | |
12/12/1872 | Elliott, Lowrey & Dunford, Newcastle |
19/08/1881 | Sank |
Comments: | Accommodation for 40 x 1st Class passengers |
19/08/1881: Sank at New Orleans after a collision with a moored barge & FIFESHIRE | |
On a voyage from New Orleans to Hamburg with a cargo of grain |
Shields Daily Gazette, Saturday, 21/09/1872