SS Blanche (1863)
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Career (UK) |
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Name: |
SS Blanche |
Owner: |
- 1863 H L Seligmann, Glasgow
- 1864 M Langlands & Sons, Glasgow
- 18xx (foreign)
- 1872 Joseph Weatherley, John Mead & Edward Hussey, London
- 1889 Furness Withy.
- 1892 Osborn & Wallis
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Builder: |
A. & J. Inglis, Pointhouse, Glasgow, Scotland |
Yard number: |
1 |
Launched: |
Wednesday, 8 April 1863 |
Fate: |
Wrecked on 15 July 1891 |
General characteristics |
Type: |
Iron steamship - collier |
Tonnage: |
246grt (1872: 234grt, 145net) |
Length: |
121 feet (1872: 146.1 feet) |
Beam: |
20 feet (1872: 20.1 feet) |
Draught: |
(Depth) 12 feet (1872: 12.0 feet) |
Propulsion: |
Steam |
The SS Blache was the first ship built at A and J Inglis, Pointhouse, Glasgow and launched in 1863 with Yard No 1. She was initially owned by H L Seligmann, Glasgow, who sold her in 1864 to M Langlands & Sons, Glasgow. She was wrecked on 15 July 1891 on the Isle of Tudy on her passage from Cardiff to Quimper, Brittany.[1]
References
- ^ David Asprey, Stuart Cameron, Bruce Biddulph and Bruce Allan Shipping Times: Launched 1863: SS Blance.
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