Name: | T A GIBB |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched | 28/01/1865 |
Completed: | 03/1865 |
Builder: | Marshall Brothers |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | Wigham Richardson No 36 |
Dimensions: | 1023grt, 851nrt, 1172dwt, 231.4 x 32.2 x 16.9ft |
Engines: | 2cyl (40 & 40 x 27ins), 100nhp; (1870: CI2cyl (26 & 50 x 33ins), 98nhp) |
Engines by: | Thompson, Boyd & Co, Newcastle; (1870: WB Thomson, Dundee) |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 52664 |
History: | |
10/03/1865 | TA Gibb, SA Apcar & RB Durham (RB Durham, manager), London |
1871 | J Hall & Co, Newcastle |
1873 | Renamed RENOWN |
1875 | WS Lishman, Newcastle |
1886 | J Hall & Co, Newcastle |
15/01/1889 | Wrecked |
Comments | Laid down as DOLPHIN |
Sub-contracted to Marshall Bros by J Wigham Richardson & Co | |
Hull built by Marshall Bros. Engine installed by Wigham Richardson. | |
01/1865: Renamed T A GIBB before launch | |
03/1865: Completed by Marshall Bros | |
Built for the Mauritius to Calcutta rice trade | |
Accommodation for 30 x 1st Class passengers | |
1870: Re-engined and re-boilered | |
15/01/1889: Wrecked near Bayonne, when on a voyage from Dublin to Bilbao |