Name: | NEWTON |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 15/12/1883 |
Completed: | 02/1884 |
Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 85 |
Dimensions: | 1423grt, 915nrt, 245.5 x 34.2 x 17.2ft |
Engines: | CI2cyl (28 & 54 x 36ins), 123nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 89172 |
History: | |
21/02/1884 | Newton Steam Ship Co Ltd (J F Sawle), Cardiff |
1886 | Hardy, Wilson & Co, West Hartlepool; renamed LOWLANDS |
21/03/1886 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 21/03/1886: Wrecked at Sharpnose, near Borwenstoe |
On a voyage from Bremerhaven to Newport in ballast |
Shields Daily News, Monday, 17/12/1883