Name: | SALTWELL |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 02/1872 |
Completed: | 07/1872 |
Builder: | T & W Smith |
Yard: | North Shields |
Yard Number: | 53 |
Dimensions: | 1815grt, 1167nrt, 259.4 x 34.3 x 23.5ft |
Engines: | C2cyl, 140hp |
Engines by: | Ravenhill, Hodgson & Co, London |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 67323 |
History: | |
01/06/1872 | Elliott, Lowrey & Dunford, Newcastle |
24/08/1873 | Wrecked |
Comments: | Accommodation for 40 x passengers |
24/08/1873: Wrecked on SE coast of Scatarie Island, Nova Scotia | |
On a voyage from London to Sydney, Nova Scotia, in ballast |
Newcastle Journal, Monday, 01/07/1872