Name: | VENETIA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 11/05/1864 |
Completed: | 07/1864 |
Builder: | C Mitchell & Co |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 118 |
Dimensions: | 797grt, 509nrt, 223.0 x 29.5 x 16.3ft |
Engines: | 3cyl, 150hp; (1870: C2cyl (25 & 50 x 38ins)) |
Engines by: | Maudslay, Sons & Field, London; (1870: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd) |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 50027 |
History: | |
05/07/1864 | London, Italian & Adriatic Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London |
1867 | FC Pickernell, London |
1868 | Ocean Steam Navigation Co, London |
1870 | London Steamship Co Ltd, London |
14/06/1884 | Sank |
Comments: | 11/05/1864: Launched 'full rigged' to sail to London for engines |
1870: Re-engined | |
14/06/1884: Sank after a collision with FOSCOLINO, 20 miles north of Ushant | |
On a voyage from London to Genoa carrying general cargo |
Newcastle Courant, Friday, 13/05/1864
Monmouthshire Beacon, Saturday, 30/07/1864