Name: | HIGHBURY |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 05/06/1879 |
Completed: | 07/1879 |
Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 17 |
Dimensions: | 1853grt, 270.0 x 35.0 x 24.5ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (32 & 62 x 42ins), 200nhp |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 81561 |
History: | |
15/07/1879 | EH Watts (Watts, Ward & Co), London |
16/11/1881 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 16/11/1881: Wrecked and broke in two at Falsterbo Reef |
On a voyage from Cronstadt to Poti with a cargo of railway iron |
Marine Engineer, August 1879