Name: | SMYRNA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 12/11/1863 |
Completed: | 12/1863 |
Builder: | Andrew Leslie & Co |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 52 |
Dimensions: | 1793grt, 1625nrt, 299.3 x 31.2 x 24.5ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (30 & 70 x 39ins), 260hp; (1878: C2cyl (28 & 54 x 42ins),120hp) |
Engines by: | Randolph, Elder & Co, Glasgow; (1878: Bailey & Leetham, Hull) |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 48662 |
History: | |
20/01/1864 | WE McAndrew, London |
1868 | Empreza Luzitana (Bailey & Co), Lisbon; renamed DURHAM |
1870 | WE McAndrew, London; renamed SMYRNA |
11/1871 | William Bailey, Hull; renamed DURHAM |
01/1872 | William Bailey & William Leetham, Hull |
10/1883 | Walter S Bailey, AK Rollit & William Goddard, Hull |
19/10/1895 | Sank |
Comments: | 05/12/1867: Abandoned in the North Sea but later found |
1878: Re-engined by Bailey & Leetham, Hull | |
19/10/1895: Sank off Greenhithe, River Thames, after a collision with DUNGENESS | |
On a voyage from London to St Petersburg carrying general cargo | |
08/11/1895: Wreck raised and taken to Gravesend for examination | |
Subsequently broken up |
Gravesend & Northfleet Standard, Saturday, 26/10/1895