Name: | TUNA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 1885 |
Completed: | 07/1885 |
Builder: | HS Edwards & Sons |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 31 |
Dimensions: | 163grt, 85nrt, 111.0 x 19.2 x 9.0ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (17 & 32 x 22ins), 40nhp, 200ihp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Reg Number: | 53527 |
History: | |
07/1885 | George EG Richardson, Napier, New Zealand |
18/04/1887 | Cowasjee Dinshaw & Bros, Bombay |
14/10/1896 | Sank |
Comments: | 08/07/1885: Sailed from the Tyne for New Zealand |
21/08/1885: Wrecked on her delivery voyage, 90 miles east of Aden | |
Subsequently salvaged and sold to Bombay owners | |
14/10/1896: Thought to have sunk in a cyclone off Zaila, Somaliland | |
On a voyage from Zaila to Aden, carrying cargo & 48 x passengers |