Name: | VADERLAND |
Type: | Passenger Ship / Tanker |
Launched: | 21/08/1872 |
Completed: | 1872 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 289 |
Dimensions: | 2748grt, 2001nrt, 320.5 x 38.5 x 23.8ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (40 & 80 x 42ins), 290hp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
1872 | Soc Anon de Navigation Belge-Américaine, Antwerp |
1889 | Bossières Frères, Le Havre; renamed GEOGRAPHIQUE |
02/10/1889 | Sank |
Comments: | Accommodation for 30 x 1st and 800 x 3rd Class passengers |
Apparently there were problems with certification for this dual role | |
02/10/1889: Sank after a collision with MINNIE SWIFT, 45 miles W of St Pierre, Miquelon | |
On a voyage from Montreal to Le Havre |
Above image as VADERLAND is courtesy of Photoship
Newcastle Journal, Thursday, 22/08/1872
Shipping & Mercantile Gazette, Saturday, 28/12/1872