Name: | ORWELL |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 23/07/1864 |
Completed: | 08/1864 |
Builder: | Palmer Bros & Co |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 156 |
Dimensions: | 628grt, 486nrt, 179.8 x 28.0 x 17.2ft |
Engines: | 2cyl (36 & 36 x 30ins), 80nhp; (1876: C2cyl (25 & 48.25 x 30ins), 80nhp) |
Engines by: | Palmer Bros & Co, Jarrow; (1876: Victoria Dock & Engine Works, London) |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 50076 |
History: | |
31/08/1864 | R Cory & Co, London |
1876 | J Fenwick & Son, London |
1890 | E Janssen, Sweden; renamed FORSLIND |
1895 | F Olsen, Norway; renamed DON |
25/06/1895 | Sank |
Comments: | 1876: Engine compounded by Victoria Dock & Engine Works, London |
01/10/1889: Sank after a collision with INVENTOR off Gravesend | |
1890: Raised and reconditioned but did not re-enter company service | |
1890: Sold to Swedish buyers | |
25/06/1895: Sank after an explosion off Hantsholm in the Skagerrak | |
On a voyage from the Tyne to Copenhagen, with a cargo of coal |