Name: | ISLE OF HASTINGS |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 11/08/1885 |
Completed: | 09/1885 |
Builder: | HS Edwards & Sons |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 24 |
Dimensions: | 1575grt, 1003nrt, 250.0 x 35.2 x 18.7ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (20, 33 & 53 x 36ins), 161nhp |
Engines by: | Black, Hawthorn & Co, Gateshead |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Reg Number: | 91498 |
History: | |
18/09/1885 | Dixon, Robson & Co, Newcastle |
1899 | Isles Steam Shipping Co Ltd (Dixon, Robson & Co), Newcastle |
1907 | Capper, Alexander & Co, Newcastle |
1915 | Alexander Shipping Co Ltd (Capper, Alexander & Co), Newcastle |
05/10/1916 | Sank |
Comments: | 05/10/1916: Captured & scuttled by U-Boat UC26, 10 miles SxW of Ouessant |
On a voyage from Fray Bentos to London with a cargo of tinned meat |
Shields Daily News, Wednesday, 12/08/1885