Name: | SAINT LEONARDS |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 11/10/1897 |
Completed: | 12/1897 |
Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 220 |
Dimensions: | 4249grt, 2763nrt, 380.0 x 46.3 x 20.1ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24.5, 40 & 68 x 48ins), 358nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 106893 |
History: | |
12/1897 | British & Foreign Steamship Co Ltd (Rankin, Gilmour & Co), Liverpool |
07/12/1910 | Sank |
Comments: | 14/11/1910: Lost her propeller when her tail shaft broke & had to be jury rigged |
During a period of almost continuous gales further efforts to save the ship failed | |
07/12/1910: Abandoned & scuttled in the North Atlantic 230 miles west of the Azores | |
On a voyage from Bremen and the Tyne to Galveston in ballast |