Name: | OWEN WALLIS |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 14/06/1870 |
Completed: | 23/07/1870 (trials) |
Builder: | Schlesinger, Davis & Co |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 23 |
Dimensions: | 869grt, 560nrt, 209.3 x 30.0 x 17.2ft |
Engines: | CI2cyl (26 & 50 x 36ins), 98hp |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 62351 |
History: | |
26/07/1870 | Kirby & Gillies, Newcastle |
21/11/1872 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 21/11/1872: Beached after a collision with ARGUELLES off Gibraltar |
On a voyage from Kustendje to the UK with a cargo of grain | |
12/1872: Wreck broke up and sank into deeper water |
Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 15/06/1870