Name: | NEWCASTLE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 11/07/1885 |
Completed: | 1885 |
Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 93 |
Dimensions: | 1380grt,833nrt, 245.0 x 34.1 x 15.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (18.5, 30 & 50 x 36ins), 147nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 91495 |
History: | |
1885 | JJ & CM Forster, Newcastle |
1891 | Newcastle Steam Ship Co Ltd (JJ & CM Forster), Newcastle |
1898 | London & Edinburgh Shipping Co Ltd, Leith; renamed NIVINGSTON |
1909 | D/S A/S H Kirschner, Copenhagen |
1909 | D/S Neptun (CK Hansen), Copenhagen; renamed VISBORG |
1912 | A/S D/S Visborg (Brummenaes & Torgersen), Haugesund |
27/11/1916 | Sank |
Comments: | 27/11/1916: Sank after being captured and scuttled by U-Boat UB19 |
In a position 14 miles SE of Start Point on a voyage from Barry to Cherbourg with coal |
Above photo as VISBORG copyright of LM Bjørkelund & EH Kongshavn