Name: | STYX |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 01/10/1872 |
Completed: | 11/1872 |
Builder: | John Softley & Co |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | 87 |
Dimensions: | 861grt, 547nrt, 209.2 x 29.0 x 14.7ft |
Engines: | CI2cyl (25 & 50 x 33ins), 98nhp |
Engines by: | Ouseburn Engineering Co, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 65447 |
History: | |
06/11/1872 | George Dryden Dale, North Shields |
1874 | Segovia, Caudra y Cia, Seville |
1885 | Renamed VARGAS |
27/04/1886 | Wrecked |
Comments: | Ordered while Softley was still in partnership with John Readhead |
27/04/1886: Beached after a collision with CARIDAD at Cartagena | |
On a voyage from Marseilles to Cartagena carrying passengers & general cargo |