Name: | SAHARA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 13/04/1880 |
Completed: | 05/1880 |
Builder: | C Mitchell & Co |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 396 |
Dimensions: | 1977grt, 1288nrt, 285.2 x 36.1 x 22.9ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (34 & 66 x 42ins), 235nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 81345 |
History: | |
19/05/1880 | Bedouin Steam Navigation Co Ltd (W & R Thomson), Liverpool |
1888 | J Cory & Sons, Cardiff; renamed RAVENSHOE |
05/01/1894 | Sank |
Comments: | 05/01/1894: Sank 200 miles from Odessa |
On a voyage from Odessa to Antwerp with a cargo of barley & wheat |
Liverpool Journal of Commerce, Friday, 16/04/1880