Name: | NESTOR |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 23/04/1868 |
Completed: | 07/1868 |
Builder: | Andrew Leslie & Co |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 89 |
Dimensions: | 1869grt, 1414nrt, 313.6 x 32.8 x 20.3ft; (1871: Depth 27.9ft) |
Engines: | C2cyl (27 & 54 x 42ins), 150nhp |
Engines by: | R Stephenson & Co, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 60078 |
History: | |
07/07/1868 | Ocean Steam Ship Co (A Holt & Co), Liverpool |
1894 | Unknown owner, Japan; renamed DAISAN MAYOSHIMA MARU |
1894 | Fukunaga Shoshiki, Kobe; renamed MAYAYOSHI MARU No 3 |
09/11/1894 | Lost by fire |
Comments: | Order for the vessel was transferred from Scott & Co, Greenock |
who were in financial trouble at the time | |
09/11/1894: Lost by fire at Si-yuen-chang while transporting | |
troops during the Russo-Japanese War |
Above photo as NESTOR is copyright of the National Maritime Museum