Name: | MARGUERITE launched as ALBERTA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 04/10/1888 |
Completed: | 11/1888 |
Builder: | Schlesinger, Davis & Co |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 148 |
Dimensions: | 480grt, 261nrt, 170.0 x 26.1 x 12.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (14, 23 & 39 x 27ins), 87nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
11/1888 | Walter & Co, Venice |
1894 | Fischer & Brüll, Fiume |
1897 | Haci Davut Farkuni Vapurlari, Smyrna; renamed OLYMPIA |
1910 | Navigation ŕ Vapeur l’Archipel Hadji Daout Farkouh, Smyrna |
1910 | Archipelago American SS Co (G Farkouh), Smyrna; renamed TEXAS |
29/04/1912 | Sank |
Comments: | 1888: Launched as ALBERTA for Leech, Harrison & Forwood of Liverpool |
29/04/1912: Sank after striking a Turkish mine in the Gulf of Smyrna | |
On a voyage from Smyrna to Salonica carrying passengers & general cargo |
Shields Daily Gazette, Saturday, 06/10/1888