Name: | NORMANDY |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Keel: | 08/07/1862 |
Launched: | 07/01/1863 |
Completed: | 22/02/1863 |
Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 15 |
Dimensions: | 149grt, 107nrt, 100dwt, 112.6 x 17.9 x 10.5ft |
Engines: | 2cyl (22 & 22 x 18ins), 40nhp; (1881: C2cyl (12.75 & 22 x 18ins), 17nhp) |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle; (1881: Burrel & Bone, London) |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.25knots (trials) |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 45652 |
History: | |
14/05/1863 | London, Brighton & South Coast Railway Co, Newhaven |
1887 | G Nelson, Liverpool, renamed ROUEN |
1888 | Ponsonby & Co, London |
1890 | A Daene, Bordeaux |
1892 | A Postel et ses fils, Cherbourg; renamed ARAMIS |
11/05/1900 | Burnt out |
Comments: | 1881: Re-engined |
11/05/1900: Burnt out at Fecamp | |
Had arrived from Dunkirk with a cargo of linseed |
Newcastle Daily Chronicle, Friday, 09/01/1863