Name: | READING |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 03/10/1883 |
Completed: | 11/1883 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 511 |
Dimensions: | 2043grt, 1297nrt, 286.0 x 36.2 x 22.4ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (32 & 64 x 42ins), 243nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 89161 |
History: | |
15/11/1883 | J Cory & Sons, Cardiff |
1895 | Reading Steamship Co Ltd (J Cory & Sons) |
05/11/1913 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 05/11/1913: Wrecked on South Rock, Cloughey, Co Down |
On a voyage from Seville to Glasgow with a cargo of iron ore |