Name: | WATERVILLE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 26/02/1891 |
Completed: | 04/1891 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 269 |
Dimensions: | 1968grt, 1242nrt, 271.2 x 38.0 x 17.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (20.5, 33.5 & 55 x 36ins), 181nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 96522 |
History: | |
04/1891 | Balls & Stansfield; registered at North Shields |
1915 | New Line Steam Ship Co Ltd (R Mackie & Co), Leith |
26/11/1917 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 26/11/1917: Wrecked off Lerwick Harbour |
On a voyage from Arkhangelsk to Aberdeen with a cargo of flax |
Above photo courtesy of Clive Ketley