Name: | THROPTON |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 29/12/1883 |
Completed: | 1884 |
Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 83 |
Dimensions: | 1593grt, 1012nrt, 260.0 x 35.2 x 18.1ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (32 & 60 x 39ins), 175nhp |
Engines by: | George Clark, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 89586 |
History: | |
1884 | R B Avery, London |
1886 | James Knott, London |
1889 | Renamed SWEDISH PRINCE |
1895 | Prince Line Ltd. (James Knott), London |
1903 | TS Blues & Co Ltd, South Shields; renamed THROPTON |
1905 | GP Cutting & Co, South Shields |
1907 | A/S Fjord (OM Milberg & Co), Christiania; renamed FJORD |
28/02/1915 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 28/02/1915: Wrecked on the Adour Bar |
On a voyage from Glasgow to Bayonne with a cargo of coal |