Name: | RAPID |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 31/01/1877 |
Completed: | 03/1877 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 347 |
Dimensions: | 581grt, 366nrt, 180.5 x 26.7 x 14.5ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (22.75 & 45 x 30ins), 75nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 77191 |
History: | |
01/03/1877 | J Cory & Co, Cardiff |
27/08/1883 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 27/08/1883: Wrecked off Ile de Sein near Brest |
On a voyage from Bilbao to Newport with a cargo of iron ore |