Name: | MEERSCHAUM |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 1873 |
Completed: | 04/1873 |
Builder: | Edward Lindsay |
Yard: | St Lawrence, Newcastle |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 406grt, 255nrt, 153.5 x 23.5 x 14.1ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (18.5 & 36 x 24ins), 53nhp |
Engines by: | Bowden Bros, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 67345 |
History: | |
1873 | Herbert Francis Wilcox, Sunderland; registered at London |
1878 | Gutschmidt Bros; renamed VINDAU |
by 1899 | Max Reincke, Windau, Russia |
1927 | Soc Indust de la Grande Peche, Port Etienne, Mauritania |
1927 | Renamed GOUVERNEUR GENERAL CARDE |
09/01/1937 | Sank |
Comments: | 1878: Also seen as WINDAU |
09/01/1937: Foundered at Port Etienne |
Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 04/04/1873