Name: | NAIRNSHIRE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 11/07/1889 |
Completed: | 1889 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 287 |
Dimensions: | 3819grt, 2438nrt, 350.5 x 47.7 x 24.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 44 & 71 x 48ins), 407nhp |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 96079 |
History: | |
1889 | Elderslie Steam Ship Co Ltd (Turnbull, Martin & Co), Glasgow |
1899 | Duke of Norfolk Steamship Co Ltd (JB Westray & Co), Glasgow |
1899 | Renamed DUKE OF NORFOLK |
1905 | C Andersen, Hamburg; renamed MARCELLUS |
1908 | Rederi A/B Banco (CJ Banck), Stockholm; renamed JOHANNA |
1914 | Const Ath Pappageorgacopulo, Patras; renamed PERICLES |
24/05/1914 | Sank |
Comments: | 24/05/1914: Sank 90 miles off Ouessant after striking submerged wreckage |
On a voyage from Swansea to Alexandria with a cargo of coal |
Above photo as DUKE OF NORFOLK copyright of J Clarkson