Name: | GULF OF MARTABAN |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 04/12/1888 |
Completed: | 01/1889 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 286 |
Dimensions: | 2793grt, 1591nrt, 320.0 x 40.3 x 22.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (26, 42 & 69 x 48ins), 292nhp |
Engines by: | Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 93211 |
History: | |
31/01/1889 | Greenock Steam Ship Co Ltd, Greenock |
1900 | Gulf Line Ltd (D MacDougall), Greenock |
1901 | AC de Freitas & Co, Hamburg; renamed LUSITANIA |
1909 | Broken up |
Comments: | 02/04/1909: Wrecked at Porer, Croatia. Subsequently refloated |
On a voyage from Trieste to Fiume carrying general cargo | |
1909: Broken up at Monfalcone |
Above photo as GULF OF MARTABAN is copyright of the Australian National Maritime Museum
Greenock Telegraph, Wednesday, 05/12/1888