Name: | HEREFORD |
Type: | Cargo ship |
Launched: | 01/08/1890 |
Completed: | 09/1890 |
Builder: | William Dobson & Co |
Yard: | Walker |
Yard Number: | 36 |
Dimensions: | 2641grt, 1670nrt, 300.0 x 40.2 x 20.0ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (22, 36 & 59 x 42ins), 243nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 95768 |
History: | |
09/1890 | Great Western Steam Ship Co Ltd (M Whitwill & Sons), Bristol |
1895 | D/S Helga (H Isachsen), Grimstad; renamed HELGA |
1912 | A/S Baltic (Anders Isachsen), Grimstad |
1918 | The Shipping Controller (J Gardiner & Co), London |
1919 | Returned to owners |
1920 | C & M Carras & CM Lemos, Piraeus; renamed IOANNIS CARRAS |
28/11/1920 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 28/11/1920: Wrecked on Chaussee Large, Les Pierres Noires |
On a voyage from Bilbao to Cardiff with a cargo of iron ore |
Above photo courtesy of Richard Cox