Name: | PUFFIN |
Type: | Light Vessel |
Launched: | 26/03/1887 |
Completed: | 04/1887 |
Builder: | Schlesinger, Davis & Co |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 144 |
Dimensions: | 180grt, 101.0 x 22.0 x 11.9ft |
Engines: | None |
Engines by: | n/a |
Propulsion: | None |
Construction: | Iron framing, sheathed in teak |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
1887 | Commissioners of the Irish Lights |
08/10/1896 | Sank |
Comments: | Situated at Daunt Rock, 25 miles SWt of Roche's Point near Cork harbour entrance |
08/10/1896: Sank during storm. The crew of 8 died | |
Subsequently salvaged and beached at Rushbrooke. Scrapped on the beach |