TYNE BUILT SHIPS
  A history of Tyne shipbuilders and the ships that they built

Home

Shipbuilders

Ships

River Views

About

Copyright


Select

Ship Name

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

XYZ



Name: WALKER
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 05/02/1890
Completed: 03/1890
Builder: Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd
Yard: Bill Quay
Yard Number: 20
Dimensions: 606grt, 383nrt, 185.5 x 30.0 x 11.9ft
Engines: T3cyl (16, 26 & 43 x 30ins) 90nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 98055
History:
03/1890 Lambert Brothers, London
1896 W Cory & Son Ltd, London
1903 Channel Dry Docks & Engineering Co Ltd
1905 N Kanazawa, Hamadera; renamed KAIUN MARU
1917 K Yamada, Tarumi
1921 Kamade Shohi KK, Tarumi
1923 Iino Kisen KK, Tokyo
1935 Marusyo Kaiun KK, Ura; renamed NISSYO MARU NO 6
23/07/1945 Sank
Comments: 11/07/1922: On fire and scuttled at Kobe, raised and rebuilt
23/07/1945: Sank after being mined off Shimonoseki.