Name: | TAFNA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 17/10/1887 |
Completed: | 12/1887 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Co |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 231 |
Dimensions: | 2231grt, 1416nrt, 290. 0 x 39.0 x 18.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (22, 36 & 60 x 39ins), 219nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Co, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 94341 |
History: | |
12/1887 | Tafna SS Co Ltd (GE Bowring), London |
1889 | English & American Shipping Co Ltd (CT Bowring & Co), London |
1897 | Mount Stuart Ship Building, Graving Docks & Engineering Co Ltd |
1897 | Rowland & Marwoods Steamship Co Ltd (Chr Marwood), Whitby |
1897 | Renamed CORNUCOPIA |
1907 | Bank of Athens (N Valmas), Syra; renamed AGHIOS NIKOLAOS |
1913 | Nicolas Valmas, Syra |
04/05/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 06/11/1896: Stranded on Chapel Rocks, Chepstow |
when inward from Philadelphia for Sharpness | |
18/11/1896: Refloated but declared a CTL and sold | |
04/05/1917: Captured & scuttled by U-Boat UB38, 30 miles W of Cap d’Antifer | |
On a voyage from Oran to Boulogne with a cargo of iron ore |
Above photo as CORNUCOPIA is courtesy of Clive Ketley