Name: | LONDON |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 19/03/1862 |
Completed: | 07/1862 |
Builder: | Andrew Leslie & Co |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 44 |
Dimensions: | 1303grt, 1013nrt, 240.0 x 30.6 x 25.4ft; (1883: 1579grt, 996nrt, 276.5 x 30.6 x 25.1ft) |
Engines: | L2cyl (43 & 43 x 33ins), 120hp; (1883: CI2cyl (30 & 55 x 36ins), 120nhp) |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle; (1883: Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton) |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 45007 |
History: | |
09/07/1862 | Western Wood (Wood & Hall), London |
1862 | John Hall Jnr & Co, London |
1892 | Sir William Gray, West Hartlepool |
by 1899 | Henry J Purvis, London |
1900 | Adam S Kettelwell, London |
1905 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1883: Re-engined and lengthened to 276.5ft & 1579grt |
1902: British registry closed | |
10/1905: Broken up at Hamburg |
Newcastle Journal, Saturday, 22/03/1862