Name: | VINDOBALA |
Type: | Cargo Ship; (1891: Tanker) |
Launched: | 27/12/1879 |
Completed: | 1879 |
Builder: | Andrew Leslie & Co |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 208 |
Dimensions: | 1744grt, 1134nrt, 261.0 x 34.3 x 21.7ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (33 & 62 x 42ins), 200nhp |
Engines by: | J Dickinson & Sons, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 81612 |
History: | |
1879 | Bell & Symonds, London |
1882 | R Dickinson, London |
1884 | Edward J Walker, Newcastle |
1885 | William Gibson, Newcastle |
1886 | Alfred Suart, London |
1891 | Petroleum Transport & Storage Co. Ltd, London |
1898 | SS Vindobala Ltd (JA Salton & Co), London |
27/12/1898 | Abandoned presumed sank |
Comments: | 1891: Converted to a tanker |
27/12/1898: Abandoned in the Atlantic about 49.29N - 29.39W on a voyage | |
fom Rouen to Philadelphia in ballast. |