Name: | MEDORA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 24/05/1864 |
Completed: | 06/1864 |
Builder: | Palmer Bros & Co |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 151 |
Dimensions: | 769grt, 588nrt, 201.3 x 28.0 x 17.4ft; (1872: 966grt, 619nrt, 230.5ft) |
Engines: | 2cyl (38 & 38 x 30ins), 90hp; (1872: C2cyl (25 & 48 x 30ins), 140nhp) |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle, (1872: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle) |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 50013 |
History: | |
20/06/1864 | London Steam Navigation Co, London |
1870 | London Steam Ship Co, London |
07/07/1876 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 1872: Engine compounded & lengthened to 230.5ft |
07/07/1876: Wrecked in fog, 25 miles N of Sagres, Portugal | |
On a voyage from Newport to Marseilles with a cargo of coal |