Name: | SWITZERLAND |
Type: | Passenger Ship / Tanker |
Launched: | 17/01/1874 |
Completed: | 1874 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 296 |
Dimensions: | 2816grt, 1902nrt, 329.4 x 38.6 x 30.5ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (40 & 80 x 42ins), 298hp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
1874 | Soc Anon de Navigation Belge-Américaine, Antwerp |
1905 | L Donegani, Livorno; renamed SANSONE |
09/1905 | Broken up |
Comments: | Accommodation for 30 x 1st and 800 x 3rd Class passengers |
Apparently there were problems with certification for this dual role | |
09/1905: Broken up at Genoa |
Jarrow Express, Saturday, 24/01/1874