Name: | POMONA |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 03/07/1859 |
Completed: | 07/1859 |
Builder: | Palmer Bros & Co |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 78 |
Dimensions: | 1225grt, 996nrt, 251.5 x 29.0 x 20.8ft |
Engines: | Steam, 250hp |
Engines by: | |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 20790 |
History: | |
29/07/1859 | Malcolmson Brothers, Waterford |
23/02/1860 | Sank |
Comments: | 23/02/1860: Foundered in a storm, 5 miles off Gozo, near Malta |
On a voyage from Odessa & Constantinople to London with a cargo of grain |
Above press cutting is courtesy of Jon Broughton