Name: | KING’S CROSS |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 11/11/1882 |
Completed: | 12/1882 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 482 |
Dimensions: | 2155grt, 1407nrt, 284.2 x 36.3 x 24.1ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (30 & 64 x 42ins), 250nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 87029 |
History: | |
21/12/1882 | George Loram & Co, London |
1887 | John A Lee, London |
1897 | King’s Cross Steamship Co Ltd (JA Lee), London |
11/11/1898 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 11/11/1898: Wrecked on the Casquet Rocks at Bayonne |
When outward from Bayonne for Cardiff with a cargo of pitwood |