Name: | SIMOOM |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 10/08/1880 |
Completed: | 1880 |
Builder: | C Mitchell & Co |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 398 |
Dimensions: | 2089grt, 1350nrt, 285.8 x 36.1 x 24.3ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (34 & 66 x 42ins), 235nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 81388 |
History: | |
1880 | Bedouin Steam Navigation Co Ltd (W & R Thomson), Liverpool |
1889 | African SS Co Ltd (Elder, Dempster & Co), London; renamed EBOE |
1897 | Dr A Bing & E Korpeles (Schenker, Walford & Co), Trieste |
1897 | Renamed LAURA |
21/11/1897 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 21/11/1897: Wrecked 4 miles south of Filey on a voyage from |
Newcastle to Trieste with a cargo of coal and coke. |
Above photos as LAURA copyright of the Filey Museum