Name: | NAVIGATION |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 19/06/1879 |
Completed: | 07/1879 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 391 |
Dimensions: | 1558grt, 1017nrt, 247.0 x 34.2 x 21.0ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (30 & 60 x 39ins), 180nhp; (1896: C2cyl (20 & 50 x 36ins), 162nhp) |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd; (1896: Blackwood & Gordon, Port Glasgow) |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 81569 |
History: | |
31/07/1879 | Harris & Dixon, London |
1889 | Schiehallion Steam Ship Co Ltd (Whimster & Watson), Glasgow |
1892 | Raeburn & Verel, Glasgow |
1898 | Behnke & Sieg, Danzig; renamed GEDANIA |
17/10/1915 | Sank |
Comments: | 1896: Re-engined |
17/10/1915: Torpedoed & sunk by Russian submarine GEPARD off Landsort |
Above photo as GEDANIA is copyright of Robert Bomans