Name: | NORD AMERICA |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched | 30/11/1872 |
Completed: | 02/1873 |
Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 80 |
Dimensions: | 2175grt,1273nrt, 314.3 x 35.5 x 27.7ft |
Engines: | CI2cyl (52 & 92 x 42ins), 400nhp |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
02/1873 | GB Lavarello & Co, Genoa |
02/01/1883 | Wrecked |
Comments: | Built for the Genoa to Montevideo and Buenos Aires service |
Accommodation for 50 x 1st, 50 x 2nd & 800 steerage (emigrant) class passengers | |
02/01/1883: Wrecked on Cape Palos near Cartagena | |
On a voyage from Buenos Aires to Genoa |