Name: | LOCKSLEY |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 29/03/1884 |
Completed: | 05/1884 |
Builder: | George K Smith & Co / Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd |
Yard: | Whitehill Point, North Shields / Wallsend |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 121grt, 74nrt, 91.0 x 20.2 x 8.0ft; (1915: 131grt, 72nrt) |
Engines: | C2cyl (11 & 20 x 16ins), 20nhp |
Engines by: | G Paulin & Sons, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 88775 |
History: | |
27/05/1884 | Mason, Jaques & Co, Newcastle |
1915 | Unknown owner; registered at Montrose |
by 1916 | Robert M Ardeer, Ayr |
1929 | Islandmagee Limestone Co Ltd, Glasgow |
1929 | George Venton, Hull |
1931 | RV Mitchell, Montrose |
09/03/1938 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 29/03/1884: TIC records state launched by GK Smith & Co at Whitehill Point |
1885: LR states built by Wallsend Slipway at Wallsend | |
1884: Smith declared bankrupt, so did Wallsend Slipway take over the contract | |
Or were they the prime contractor who had subcontracted the hull to GK Smith | |
09/08/1885: Ran aground on Filly Tail Reef near Flamborough Head | |
On a voyage from Lynn to Newcastle with a cargo of wheat | |
12/08/1885: Refloated and taken to the Tyne for repair | |
09/03/1938: Wrecked on the north end of Holy Island, Northumberland | |
On a voyage from Stonehaven to Stockton with a cargo of seed potatoes & oats |