Name: | SUSSEX |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 23/12/1882 |
Completed: | 03/03/1883 |
Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 147 |
Dimensions: | 2795grt, 1843nrt, 3495dwt, 300.0 x 40.3 x 30.8ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (40 & 74 x 42ins), 275nhp |
Engines by: | J.Wigham Richardson & Co , Low Walker |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots (trials) |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 87064 |
History: | |
03/03/1883 | Sussex SS Co Ltd (Hooper, Murrell & Williams & Co, managers), London |
17/12/1885 | Wrecked |
Comments: | Contract Price £45300, Profit £7364-8s-6d |
17/12/1885: Wrecked on Maiden Bower Ledge, Bryher, Isles of Scilly | |
On a voyage from Baltimore to London, with general cargo and cattle |