Name: | LIBELLE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 16/12/1880 |
Completed: | 1880 |
Builder: | Schlesinger, Davis & Co |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 113 |
Dimensions: | 1321grt, 865nrt, 244.5 x 33.2 x 18.0ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (29 & 56 x 36ins), 157nhp |
Engines by: | T Clark & Co, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | |
History: | |
1880 | OL Eichmann, Hamburg |
1883 | Brigham & Cowan, South Shields |
1884 | G Milne & Co, Aberdeen |
1890 | Central Borneo Co Ltd, London |
1893 | New Central Borneo Co Ltd, London |
1898 | Labuan & Borneo Ltd (JR Elliott), London |
1900 | Gutierrez Hermanos, Manila; renamed MAGALLANES |
31/12/1941 | Scuttled |
Comments: | 12/01/1883: Stranded on Cullercoats Rocks after engine failure |
On a voyage from Bergen to the Tyne in ballast | |
23/01/1883: Back broke during various salvage attempts. | |
Subsequently sold to Brigham & Cowan, salvaged & rebuilt | |
31/12/1941: Scuttled at Manila |
Shields Daily Gazette, Monday 09/07/1883