Name: | VIKING |
Type: | Cable Ship |
Launched: | 29/10/1901 |
Completed: | 11/1901 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 719 |
Dimensions: | 929grt, 463nrt, 207.0 x 36.0 x 13.7ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (14, 22.5 & 36 x 27ins), 164nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 114813 |
History: | |
28/12/1901 | Amazon Telegraph Co Ltd, London |
1945 | Fundacao Brasil Central (Brazilian Government) |
19/07/1950 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 19/07/1950: Wrecked on Mandihy Bank, near Belem |
On a voyage from Belem to Manaos |
Above photo is courtesy of John Bage
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