Name: | ROBINIA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 12/1876 |
Completed: | 1877 |
Builder: | Charles Mitchell & Co |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 340 |
Dimensions: | 1816grt, 1181nrt, 280.5 x 34.0 x 24.6ft |
Engines: | C2cyl. 160nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 76631 |
History: | |
1877 | Joseph Robinson & Co, North Shields |
02/10/1880 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 1877: Cost £28,500 |
02/10/1880: Wrecked at Punta Delgada, Azores after colliding with the company’s steamer STAG (1558/74) & the British steamer BENELLA (1229/80) when all three vessels dragged their anchors during a fierce gale. | |
On a voyage from New Orleans to Le Havre |