Name: | PRESTO |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 17/07/1879 |
Completed: | 08/1879 |
Builder: | C Mitchell & Co |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 382 |
Dimensions: | 994grt, 638nrt, 215.0 x 31.1 x 16.2ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (29 & 55 x 33ins), 130hp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 80549 |
History: | |
22/08/1879 | RB Fenwick & J Reay, Newcastle |
1896 | RS Gardiner & J Reay, Newcastle |
1899 | Pelton Steamship Co Ltd (RS Gardiner & J Reay), Newcastle |
31/07/1904 | Sank |
Comments: | 31/07/1904: Sank after a collision with TRESILLIAN in the Thames |
On a voyage from London to the Tyne in ballast | |
Subsequently refloated and broken up in Germany |