Name: | QUEEN HELENA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 17/05/1904 |
Completed: | 07/1904 |
Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 112 |
Dimensions: | 4224grt, 2755nrt, 360.2 x 48.0 x 20.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24.5, 40 & 68 x 48ins), 360nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 119147 |
History: | |
07/1904 | Dunlop Steamship Co Ltd (T Dunlop & Sons), Glasgow |
1919 | General Maritime Trust Ltd (RR Shankland), Glasgow |
1920 | Guernsey Shipping Co Ltd (IC Ozanne), Guernsey; renamed OTTERBURN |
22/11/1923 | Destroyed by fire |
Comments: | 22/11/1923: Burned out and beached in Marseille Roads after an explosion |
in her cargo of cotton, glycerine and chlorate of potassium | |
On a voyage from Marseille to New York |
Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 20/05/1904