Name: | WYVERN |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 05/11/1864 |
Completed: | 1865 |
Builder: | Palmer Bros & Co |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 165 |
Dimensions: | 755grt, 587nrt, 203.0 x 28.1 x 17.4ft; (1871: 952grt, 604nrt, 236.0ft) |
Engines: | 2cyl, 98hp; (1875: CI2cyl (25 & 48 x 30ins), 90hp |
Engines by: | Palmer Bros & Co, Jarrow; (1875: Palmer Bros & Co, Jarrow) |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 49645 |
History: | |
15/12/1864 | Christopher Hutchinson, Whitburn; John McIntyre, Jarrow and |
William Cleland, Willington Quay & William Tone, Sunderland | |
15/03/1870 | Christopher Hutchinson, John McIntyre & Peter Allan, Newcastle |
28/09/1882 | Jackson Powley & Edward Franklin, Cardiff |
1883 | Renamed BRIGHOUSE |
No later history known | |
Comments: | 1871: Lengthened to 236.0ft |
1875: Engine compounded | |
1883: Listed in MNL but not in 1885 |