Name: | WESTMINSTER |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 16/02/1878 |
Completed: | 04/1878 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 365 |
Dimensions: | 817grt, 458nrt, 220.0 x 32.2 x 13.8ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (27 & 51 x 33ins), 99nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 77092 |
History: | |
29/04/1878 | Escombe & Howard, Newcastle |
1882 | The River Steam Collier Co Ltd, London |
30/05/1884 | Sank |
Comments: | 30/05/1884: Sank after a collision with NERISSA off the Mouse Light, Thames Estuary |
On a voyage from South Shields to London with a cargo of coal |