Name: | RAVENSHEUGH |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 31/03/1881 |
Completed: | 04/1881 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 435 |
Dimensions: | 1781grt, 1116nrt, 263.0 x 35.2 x 22.4ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (32 & 60 x 42ins), 178nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 83899 |
History: | |
03/05/1881 | John Edward Bowser & Co, Newcastle |
1882 | JE Bowser, Ormston & Co, Newcastle |
1894 | CW Ormston & Co, Newcastle |
1903 | Ravensheugh Steamship Co Ltd (Tellet & Willock), Glasgow |
1905 | Manager became RP Tellet & Co |
03/02/1906 | Registered at Glasgow |
29/10/1911 | Sank |
Comments: | 29/10/1911: Sank after striking a rock off Skerryvore, south of Tyree |
On a voyage from Glasgow to Riga with coal and general cargo |
Above photo is courtesy of Clive Ketley