Name: | VESTA launched as RENWICK |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 18/04/1889 |
Completed: | 05/1889 |
Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 71 |
Dimensions: | 1052grt, 677nrt, 210.5 x 31.2 x 15.3ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (18, 28 & 46 x 30ins), 115nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
05/1889 | Finska Angfartygs A/B, Helsingfors |
15/01/1945 | Capsized and sank |
Comments: | Launched as RENWICK for Fisher, Renwick & Co, Newcastle |
15/01/1945: Capsized off Örskär Light House at 60.36N – 18.23E | |
35 miles east of Gefle, after her cargo of wheat shifted | |
On a voyage from Norrköping to Helsingfors with a cargo of wheat |