Name: | LOUISE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 17/08/1875 |
Completed: | 09/1875 |
Builder: | Schlesinger, Davis & Co |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 61 |
Dimensions: | 1060grt, 677nrt, 219.5 x 30.1 x 18.3ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (28 & 53 x 35.5ins), 120nhp |
Engines by: | Thomas Clark & Co, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.5knots (trials) |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 72518 |
History: | |
27/09/1875 | Louis JB Guèret, Cardiff |
1885 | Cie Générale des Bateaux à Vapeur à Helice du Nord, Dunkerque |
1885 | Renamed CAMBRAI |
1895 | Cie des Bateaux à Vapeur du Nord, Dunkerque |
02/08/1918 | Sank |
Comments: | 30/08/1883: Sank after a collision with Dutch SENIOR in the Gironde when |
inward from Cardiff for Bordeaux with a cargo of coal | |
Subsequently salvaged, repaired & returned to service | |
02/08/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UB-104, 2 miles E of Flamborough Head | |
On a voyage from Rouen to Sunderland |
South Wales Daily News, Wednesday, 29/09/1875