Name: | KIELDER CASTLE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 04/08/1868 |
Completed: | 10/1868 |
Builder: | Schlesinger, Davis & Co |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 13 |
Dimensions: | 921grt, 583nrt, 222.0 x 28.6 x 17.6ft; (1875: 1010grt, 642nrt, 249.8 x 28.6 x 18.8ft) |
Engines: | 2cyl (40 & 40 x 33ins), 100hp; (1875: C2cyl (30 & 50 x 33ins), 95hp) |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland; |
(1875: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland) | |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 60502 |
History: | |
15/10/1868 | Northumberland Steamship Co Ltd, Newcastle |
1881 | Unknown owner, Chile; renamed PISAGUA |
15/08/1882 | Wrecked |
Comments: | Built for the trade to the Mediterranean & Black Sea |
Accommodation for a few 1st Class passengers | |
1875: Lengthened and engine compounded | |
15/08/1882: Wrecked at Huanchaco, Peru |
Shields Daily News, Wednesday, 05/08/1868