Name: | LAXHAM |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 29/12/1879 |
Completed: | 02/1880 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Co |
Yard: | Lawe Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 155 |
Dimensions: | 1295grt, 837nrt, 243.0 x 32.7 x 17.5ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (27.5 & 52 x 33ins), 110nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Co, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 81214 |
History: | |
09/02/1880 | R Harrowing & Co, Whitby |
21/07/1884 | Sank |
Comments: | 21/07/1884: Sank after a collision with GIJON, 30 miles north of Cape Finisterre |
On a voyage from Taganrog to Rotterdam with a cargo of wheat |