Name: | NEWCASTLE |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 18/12/1861 |
Completed: | 1862 |
Builder: | Marshall Bros |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 226grt, 169nrt, 125.1 x 20.5 x 11.5ft; (1868: 283grt, 211nrt, 151.4 x 20.9 x 11.1ft) |
Engines: | I2cyl (27 & 27 x 24ins), 45nhp; (1884: T3cyl (13, 21 x 40 x 24ins), 74nhp |
Engines by: | Marshall Bros, South Shields; (1884: E Wales, Hull) |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 43636 |
History: | |
1862 | Thomas Fotherby Bell, Hull; registered at South Shields |
1869 | Registered at Hull |
1881 | Alfred F Bell, Hull |
1884 | William HH Hutchinson, Hull; renamed SWALLOW |
03/1889 | D & W Taylor, Dundee |
24/05/1890 | Sank |
Comments: | 1862: Built for the Newcastle to Hull service |
1868: Lengthened to 151.4ft | |
1884: Re-engined | |
03/1889: Purchased for £3,250 & repaired for £250 | |
24/05/1890: Foundered 46 miles east of Coquet Island, Northumberland | |
On a voyage from Clackmannan to Hamburg with a cargo of coal |