Name: | SINGAPORE |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 27/09/1870 |
Completed: | 12/1870 |
Builder: | Charles Mitchell & Co |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 209 |
Dimensions: | 2223grt, 1445nrt, 300.0 x 36.8 x 27.9ft |
Engines: | C2cyl, 200nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 63690 |
History: | |
03/01/1871 | Watts, Milburn & Co, Newcastle |
09/07/1873 | Wrecked |
Comments: | Accommodation for 30 x 1st Class passengers |
09/07/1873: Wrecked near Cape Guardafudi, Somalia. 16 crew died | |
On a voyage from Shanghai to London with a cargo of tea & tin |
Newcastle Journal, Wednesday, 28/09/1870