Name: | MAHARAJAH |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 27/12/1871 |
Completed: | 03/1872 |
Builder: | Charles Mitchell & Co |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 253 |
Dimensions: | 1571grt, 994nrt, 259.3 x 34.0 x 18.8ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (30 & 60 x 36ins), 170nhp; (1893: T3cyl (19, 30 & 51 x 36ins), 156nhp) |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle; (1893: Westgarth, English & Co, Middlesbrough) |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 65671 |
History: | |
05/04/1872 | Watts, Milburn & Co, London |
1879 | W Milburn & Co, Newcastle |
1890 | Ervig, Walther & Hirsch, Xiansund; renamed ROMSDAL |
1891 | Actieselskabet Romssdal (GC Volckmar), Xiansund, Norway |
1901 | Acties Romsdal (TH Skogland), Haugesund, Norway |
1910 | Acties Skoglands Linge (TH Skogland), Haugesund, Norway |
27/08/1914 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 1893: Re-engined with a triple expansion engine |
27/08/1914: Wrecked on Long Island, Bahamas | |
On a voyage from New York to Port Antonio in ballast |
Above photo as ROMSDAL is copyright of the Norsk Maritimt Museum