Name: | NEKO |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 17/10/1891 |
Completed: | 12/1891 |
Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 571 |
Dimensions: | 3648grt, 2358nrt, 345.0 x 43.7 x 25.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 43 & 69 x 48ins), 365nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a; (1911: 129406) |
History: | |
12/1891 | Deutsche Dampfs Ges "Kosmos", Hamburg |
1911 | Chr Salvesen & Co, Leith & Stanley, Falkland Islands |
08/05/1924 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 1911: Converted to whale factory ship |
08/05/1924: Wrecked near Cabo Frio, Brazil | |
On a voyage from Rio de Janeiro to UK ports with a cargo of whale oil |