Name: | GULF OF GUAYAQUIL |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 24/10/1888 |
Completed: | 12/1888 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 284 |
Dimensions: | 2365grt, 310.0 x 40.3 x 24ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (26, 42 & 69 x 48ins) |
Engines by: | Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 93209 |
History: | |
05/12/1888 | Greenock Steam Ship Co Ltd, Greenock |
24/12/1888 | Missing |
Comments: | Accommodation for 30 x 1st Class passengers, plus some 2nd Class |
24/12/1888: Sailed from Liverpool for Valparaiso on her maiden voyage | |
Subsequently reported missing. Believed to have sunk off Fishguard after a collision |
Greenock Telegraph, Thursday, 25/10/1888
Greenock Telegraph, Saturday, 11/05/1889