Name: | PETERSBURG |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 28/03/1865 |
Completed: | 05/1865 |
Builder: | Andrew Leslie & Co |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 63 |
Dimensions: | 1610grt, 1360nrt, 293.7 x 33.7 x 20.7ft |
Engines: | 2cyl (52 & 52 x 38ins), 180hp; (1879: C2cyl (30.5 & 52 x 36ins), 130hp) |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle; (1879: TM Tennant, Leith) |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw & rigged as 3 masted Ship |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 52871 |
History: | |
05/05/1865 | Donald R McGregor & Co, Leith |
1878 | Wm Thomson & Co, Leith |
1891 | M Schiaffino, Italy; renamed SANTA FE |
1894 | EA Bunge & J Born, Argentina; renamed NUEVO COLASTINE |
28/07/1896 | Sank |
Comments: | 1879: Engine compounded |
28/07/1896: Sank after a collision on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro to Buenos Aires |
Above photo as PETERSBURG is courtesy of Photoship