Name: | QUEEN OF THE ISLES |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 1853 |
Completed: | 1853 |
Builder: | T Toward |
Yard: | St Peter's Newcastle |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 142grt, 76nrt, 125.3 x 18.0 x 9.3ft |
Engines: | L2cyl (34 & 34 x 30ins), 66nhp; (1879: CI2cyl (12 & 24 x 12ins), 60hp) |
Engines by: | (1879: R Smith, Preston) |
Propulsion: | Paddle; (1879: 1 x Screw) |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 14820 |
History: | |
1853 | Registered at Guernsey |
by 1865 | Alfred William Bean, Welling, Kent |
1875 | Thomas Readhead, Birkenhead; registered at London |
1879 | Registered at Liverpool |
by 1884 | Robert Oldfield, Rhyl |
by 1885 | George J Parr, Liverpool |
1888 | Thomas Roberts, Conway; registered at Beaumaris |
15/09/1889 | Sank |
Comments: | 15/09/1889: Foundered in Ramsey Bay after main shaft broke |
On a voyage from Belfast to Garston carrying a light cargo | |
Lloyds has propulsion as paddle until 1885 and then 2 x Screws | |
This is probably incorrect |
Liverpool Journal of Commerce, Tuesday, 17/09/1889