Name: | LECKWITH |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 29/08/1868 |
Completed: | 11/1868 |
Builder: | Schlesinger, Davis & Co |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 16 |
Dimensions: | 521grt, 338nrt, 171.6 x 25.9 x 15.7ft |
Engines: | 2cyl (35 & 35 x 26ins), 75hp |
Engines by: | Thomas Clark & Co, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 60257 |
History: | |
02/11/1868 | Charles E Stalybrass & Co, Cardiff |
by 1884 | JB Cassealas, Vigo; renamed TERCER BARRERAS |
No later history known | |
Comments: | 11/11/1874: Stranded on the bar whilst leaving Bilbao |
On a voyage from Bilbao to Cardiff with a cargo of iron ore | |
22/11/1874: Wreck sold at auction for $7000 | |
Subsequently refloated and repaired |
Newcastle Journal, Monday, 31/08/1868
Morning Post, Wednesday, 18/11/1874