Name: | MARIANNE BRIGGS |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 22/01/1874 |
Completed: | 03/1874 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Co |
Yard: | Lawe Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 101 |
Dimensions: | 630grt, 396nrt, 191.0 x 27.8 x 12.1ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (23.5 & 44 x 30ins), 80nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Co, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 67812 |
History: | |
20/03/1874 | Yorkshire Coal & Steamship Co Ltd, Goole |
1881 | Soc Rouennaise de Transport Maritimes a Vapeur, Rouen |
1881 | Renamed MARCEAU |
1883 | Co-operative Wholesale Society Ltd, Goole; renamed MARIANNE BRIGGS |
1887 | Renamed UNITY |
10/10/1895 | Sank |
Comments: | 10/10/1885: Sank after a collision with ECLIPSE off Honfleur |
On a voyage from Garston & Swansea to Rouen carrying coal & general cargo |