Name: | WESTENHOPE |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 09/1870 |
Completed: | 10/1870 |
Builder: | Readhead, Softley & Co |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | 63 |
Dimensions: | 959grt, 751nrt, 224.4 x 28.2 x 19.3ft |
Engines: | C2cyl, 90hp |
Engines by: | |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 62365 |
History: | |
25/10/1870 | Thomas Henderson (Middle Dock Co), Newcastle |
31/12/1870 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 31/12/1870: Wrecked on Bird Island when outward from Algoa Bay (Port Elizabeth) |
On a voyage from London via Table Bay & Port Elizabeth to East London |
London Daily News, Friday, 28/10/1870
Shipping & Mercantile Gazette, Tuesday, 21/02/1871