Name: | LUMEN |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 03/04/1889 |
Completed: | 05/1889 |
Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 549 |
Dimensions: | 2402grt, 1555nrt, 294.0 x 37.7 x 26.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (21, 35 & 57 x 36ins), 195nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 96305 |
History: | |
05/1889 | Lumen Steamship Co Ltd (HE Moss & Co), Liverpool |
1924 | Harris & Dixon Ltd, London; renamed IVOR |
21/09/1924 | Fire and sank |
Comments: | 21/09/1924: Abandoned on fire in position 45.12N - 50.05W |
On a voyage from Philadelphia to Rouen with a cargo of gasoline |
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