Name: | MILTON STUART |
Type: | Sailing Vessel |
Launched: | 30/05/1892 |
Completed: | 08/1892 |
Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 177 |
Dimensions: | 3178grt, 2930nrt, 327.2 x 46.6 x 25.8ft |
Engines: | None |
Engines by: | n/a |
Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Barque |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 99431 |
History: | |
08/1892 | "Milton Stuart" Ship Co Ltd (M Stuart), Liverpool |
10/1898 | Macvicar, Marshall & Co, Liverpool |
24/10/1898 | GJH Siemers & Co, Hamburg |
07/08/1899 | Renamed THEKLA |
18/07/1911 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 1892: Built at a cost of £26,000 |
10/1898: Sold for £17,000 | |
24/10/1898: Sold for £17,500 | |
09/07/1911: Wrecked at the Le Marie Straits near Tierra del Fuego | |
On a voyage from Cardiff to Valparaiso with a cargo of coal |
Above painting as MILTON STUART is by Lai Fong
Above photo as MILTON STUART is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo as MILTON STUART is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo as THEKLA is courtesy of the Malcolm Brodie collection
Shields Daily Gazette, Tuesday, 31/05/1892