Name: | TYNE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Keel : | 27/03/1863 |
Launched | 06/06/1863 |
Completed: | 29/07/1863 (trials) |
Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 21 |
Dimensions: | 612grt, 495nrt, 180.0 x 27.0 x 14.3ft; (1869: 707grt, 536nrt, 210.5 x 27.3 x 15.6ft) |
Engines: | 2cyl (34 & 34 x 26ins), 80nhp |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.5knots |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 45616 |
History: | |
07/07/1863 | Shields Steam Shipping Co Ltd, Shields |
1869 | Registered at North Shields |
1875 | George Otto, North Shields |
21/12/1876 | Sank |
Comments: | Raised quarter deck type with engines aft and rigged as a three mast schooner |
Contract price £11000; Profit £1307 | |
Approx 1869: Lengthened to 210.5ft, 679grt, 536nrt | |
21/12/1876: At 6am she struck the outside of South Shields pier in a gale and sank with the loss of all 17 crew | |
This gale was classed as one of the “Great Storms”, six other ships were lost that night around the entrance to the Tyne |