Name: | MIMOSA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 15/02/1888 |
Completed: | 03/1888 |
Builder: | HS Edwards & Sons |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 38 |
Dimensions: | 1558grt, 1013nrt, 255.0 x 36.0 x 16.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (20, 33 & 54 x 36ins), 171nhp |
Engines by: | Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 94371 |
History: | |
13/03/1888 | Arbutus SS Co Ltd (T Stephens & Sons), London |
1905 | Rederiaktieb Vala (O Hillerstrom, manager), Helsingborg |
04/11/1918 | Sank |
Comments: | 04/11/1918: Sank after a collision with DARINO off Aberdeen |
On a voyage from the Tyne to Gothenburg with a cargo of coal |
Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Shields Daily News, Thursday, 01/03/1888