Name: | IRON PRINCE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 17/09/1883 |
Completed: | 1883 |
Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 78 |
Dimensions: | 1408grt, 832nrt, 245.2 x 34.1 x 16ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (29 & 56 x 36ins), 155nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 84897 |
History: | |
11/02/1884 | James Knott, North Shields |
1895 | Prince Line Ltd (James Knott), North Shields |
1901 | Dampfs Ges “August Leonhardt” mbH (Leonhardt & Heeckt), Hamburg; |
1901 | Renamed AUGUST LEONHARDT |
1904 | Emil R Retzlaff, Stettin; renamed RUDOLF RETZLAFF |
1907 | A/S Egerø (OAT Skjelbred), Kristiansand; renamed EGERØ |
1915 | Managers became Olsen & Ugelstad, Christiania |
04/03/1916 | Sank |
Comments: | 04/03/1916: Rammed & sunk by an unknown vessel while at anchor in the Downs |
On a voyage from North Shields to Rouen with a cargo of coal |
Newcastle Courant, Friday, 21/09/1883