Name: | WALLSEND |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 12/08/1893 |
Completed: | 09/1893 |
Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Bill Quay |
Yard Number: | 46 |
Dimensions: | 899grt, 538nrt, 210.0 x 30.1 x 13.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (17, 28 & 46 x 30ins),99rhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 101838 |
History: | |
09/1893 | Burnett & Co, Newcastle |
1900 | Burnett Steamship Co Ltd, Newcastle |
1900 | Witherington & Everett, Newcastle |
09/09/1915 | Sank |
Comments: | 09/09/1915: Sank after collision with EROS, 2 miles from the Gull Light Ship |
On a voyage from the Tyne to Rouen with a cargo of coal |
Above photo is courtesy of Clive Ketley
Lloyd's List, Tuesday, 15/08/1893