Name: | LAPWING |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 09/04/1868 |
Completed: | 06/1868 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 229 |
Dimensions: | 841grt, 535nrt, 211.4 x 28.2 x 17.0ft |
Engines: | 2cyl, 90hp |
Engines by: | |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 58547 |
History: | |
18/06/1868 | Cork Steamship Co Ltd (E Pike & Co), Cork |
02/07/1872 | Sank |
Comments: | Probably engined by Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
02/07/1872: Sank after collision with ABBEY HOLME off the Isle of Wight | |
On a voyage from Liverpool to Rotterdam carrying general cargo. 21 crew died |
Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 03/07/1872