Name: | MERSARIO |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 29/05/1889 |
Completed: | 09/1889 |
Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 72 |
Dimensions: | 1496grt, 846nrt, 245.5 x 35.0 x 15.3ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (18.5, 30 & 48 x 36ins), 144nhp |
Engines by: | Hawthorns & Co, Leith |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 95215 |
History: | |
02/09/1889 | D Marshall, Leith |
1891 | Steam Ship Mersario Co Ltd (Maclay & McIntyre), Glasgow |
1904 | Angfartygs A/B Småland (T Linnell), Oskarshamn; renamed BLANKA |
29/10/1914 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 29/10/1914: Wrecked about 1 mile north of Rattray Light |
On a voyage from Umeå to Hull with a cargo of timber |
Above photo as BLANKA copyright of Robert Bomans