Name: | TYCHO BRAHE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 03/07/1867 |
Completed: | 09/1867 |
Builder: | Andrew Leslie & Co |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 83 |
Dimensions: | 1848grt, 1257nrt, 291.0 x 34.6 x 20.8ft; (1871: Depth 28.1ft) |
Engines: | 2cyl, 170hp; (18xx: C2cyl (28 & 58 x 45ins), 188nhp) |
Engines by: | R Stephenson & Co, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 58897 |
History: | |
09/09/1867 | Liverpool, Brazil & River Plate Steam Navigation Co (Lamport & Holt), Liverpool |
1878 | Soc de Nav Royale Belge Sud-Americain, Antwerp |
1892 | Charles Wells & Co, London; renamed PALAIS ROYAL |
1893 | William Hurlbatt, London |
1894 | Idarei Massouieh, Constantinople; renamed TAIF |
30/10/1908 | Sank |
Comments: | 18xx: Original engine compounded |
1892: Charles Wells was ‘the man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo’ | |
30/10/1908: Sank after a collision with BAGDAD off Sereglio Point, Constantinople |
Above photo as TYCHO BRAHE is courtesy of Photoship