Name: | RHONE |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 16/04/1889 |
Completed: | 25/05/1889 |
Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 233 |
Dimensions: | 1413grt,961nrt, 1465dwt, 251.5 x 32.2 x 17.0ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 38.5 & 65 x 42ins), 274nhp |
Engines by: | J Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.1knots (trials) |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
25/05/1889 | Compagnie de Navigation Mixte, Marseilles |
1923 | Th Kyrillos, Bandar Abbas; renamed GABRIELLA |
1923 | Yelkencizadeler, Istanbul; renamed SAMSUN |
1935 | Mustfa ve Ahmet ve Aehbi Alicikacit, Istanbul |
1941 | Broken up |
Comments: | Contract Price £24478; Loss £168 |
24/09/1894: On a voyage to the Guinea coast struck a rock at Beriby, beached with a serious leak | |
12/11/1894: Refloated by the salvage tug BLAZER | |
1923: Laid up at Istanbul | |
01/11/1941: Sank while undergoing repair at Kakafatyerigemi Insaat, Istanbul | |
Subsequently refloated but found to be a constructive total loss and broken up near by |
Above photo as RHONE courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as RHONE courtesy of Photoship