Name: | OPAL |
Type: | Lighter |
Launched: | 08/09/1894 |
Completed: | 1894 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 693 |
Dimensions: | 239grt, 125.0 x 21.1 x 9.2ft |
Engines: | None |
Engines by: | n/a |
Propulsion: | None, Jury rigged |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 104801 |
History: | |
1894 | Wm Cory & Son, London |
1896 | Wm Cory & Son Ltd, London |
1896 | Henry Gamman, London |
11/1896 | Sank |
Comments: | 1894: Built as a steel sea-going jury towing lighter for the Goole trade |
1899: For use as a coaling lighter | |
11/1896: Foundered whilst in tow in the North Sea |