Name: | ORANJE PRINCE |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 04/11/1889 |
Completed: | 12/1889 |
Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 557 |
Dimensions: | 1931grt, 1220nrt, 260.0 x 36.0 x 25.7ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (19, 31 & 51 x 36ins), 156nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 96166 |
History: | |
12/1889 | James Knott, Newcastle |
1895 | Prince Line Ltd (James Knott), Newcastle |
1907 | A/S Helios (Haakon Hauan), Tønsberg; renamed HELIOS |
05/04/1908 | Abandoned and presumed sank |
Comments: | 05/04/1908: Abandoned in the North Atlantic (44.17N - 39.04W) after cargo |
leaked into coal bunkers on a voyage from Philadelphia to Bordeaux with crude oil |