Name: | MONTAGU |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 05/05/1855 |
Completed: | 05/1855 |
Builder: | C Mitchell & Co |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 11 |
Dimensions: | 522grt, 299nrt, 190.7 x 25.4 x 12.7ft; (1891: 350nrt, 179.7 x 25.4 x 12.3ft) |
Engines: | 2cyl, 70nhp; (1863: 2cyl (34 & 34 x 22ins), 70hp |
Engines by: | R Stephenson & Co and R Morrison & Co, Newcastle; |
(1863: J Jack, Rollo & Co, Liverpool) | |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 22612 |
History: | |
31/05/1855 | The Aire & Calder Navigation (John Grantham), Leeds |
06/1857 | John Grantham et al, registered at Liverpool |
1860 | John Bacon et al, Liverpool |
1887 | Joseph Wright, Liverpool |
1890 | John Bacon Ltd, Liverpool |
1891 | Tees Tug & Lighter Co Ltd (Eusebius Derwent, manager), Middlesbrough |
12/02/1899 | Sank |
Comments: | 1863: Re-engined |
1891: Engines & boilers removed & converted into a lighter | |
12/02/1899: Foundered whilst under tow off Cromer | |
On a voyage from the Tyne to Lowestoft with a cargo of coal |
Newcastle Journal, Saturday, 12/05/1855