Name: | GRINKLE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 10/07/1867 |
Completed: | 08/1867 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 218 |
Dimensions: | 269grt, 183nrt, 130.2 x 24.8 x 12.6ft; (1874: 293grt, 187nrt, 140.5ft) |
Engines: | I2cyl (27 & 27 x 24ins), 48hp; (1894: C2cyl (17.7 & 35 x 24ins), 45rhp) |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow; (1894: Ross & Duncan, Glasgow) |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 56069 |
History: | |
19/08/1867 | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Newcastle |
1894 | David W Bain, Portreath; registered at Penzance; renamed FEADON |
12/03/1904 | Sank |
Comments: | 1874: Lengthened to 140.5ft, then 293grt, 187nrt |
12/03/1904: Sank after a collision with NORTHUMBRIAN in the River Thames | |
On a voyage from London to Lancaster with a cargo of whitening | |
Subsequently raised and broken up |
Above photo as FEADON is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo as FEADON is courtesy of Kevin Blair