Name: | WHAMPOA |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 22/10/1873 |
Completed: | 02/1874 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 300 |
Dimensions: | 3835grt, 2487nrt, 399.5 x 42.2 x 28.4ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (52 & 98 x 52ins), 500hp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 68517 |
History: | |
13/02/1874 | William Milburn (Watts, Milburn & Co), London |
1877 | Watts, Milburn & Co, London |
1879 | R Rubattino & Co, Genoa; renamed MANILLA |
1880 | Soc per la Navigazione a Vapore Raffaele Rubattino & Co, Genoa |
1881 | Navigazione Generale Italiana, Genoa |
02/1905 | Broken up |
Comments: | Accommodation for 60 x 1st Class passengers |
02/1905: Broken up at Genoa |
Above photo as WHAMPOA is copyright of the Royal Greenwich Museums - Gould collection
Jarrow Express, Saturday, 14/02/1874