Name: | WIDGEON |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 30/01/1869 |
Completed: | 03/1869 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 237 |
Dimensions: | 863grt, 551nrt, 212.8 x 28.2 x 17.5ft |
Engines: | Steam, 90hp |
Engines by: | |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 58550 |
History: | |
03/1869 | Cork Steamship Co Ltd (E Pike & Co), Cork |
11/07/1871 | Sank |
Comments: | May have been laid down as EBENEZER |
11/07/1871: Sank after a collision with MADAGASCAR near the Eddystone | |
On a voyage from Liverpool to Rotterdam carrying general cargo |
Bury & Norwich Post, Tuesday, 18/07/1871
Cork Constitution, Saturday, 20/01/1872