Name: | WILCANNIA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 26/04/1888 |
Completed: | 14/07/1888 |
Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 221 |
Dimensions: | 2718grt, 1750nrt, 4060dwt, 325.8 x 40.2 x 25.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27.5, 43.5 & 71 x 48ins), 450nhp |
Engines by: | J Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.3knots (trials) |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 95440 |
History: | |
10/07/1888 | Blue Anchor Line (Wilhelm Lund & Co), London |
1897 | Ocean Steam Ship Co (Alfred Holt, managers); renamed ANCHISES |
1898 | Nederlandsche Stoomvaart Mij "Oceaan", Amsterdam |
1907 | Ocean Steamship Co Ltd (Alfred Holt, managers), Liverpool |
05/1910 | Broken up |
Comments: | Contract Price £35000; Loss £1905-9s-6d |
05/1910: Broken up at Briton Ferry by TW Ward |
Above photo as ANCHISES is copyright of the GJ de Boer collection