Name: | XANTHA |
Type: | Yacht |
Launched: | 23/06/1867 |
Completed: | 1867 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 217 |
Dimensions: | 106grt, 72nrt, 116.0 x 18.8 x 9.0ft; (1875: 132grt, 85nrt, 134.0ft); |
(1901: 204grt, 104nrt, 148.4 x 19.3 x 9.9ft) | |
Engines: | I2cyl (24 & 24 x 18ins), 40hp; (1888: I4cyl (13, 21, 24 & 24 x 18ins) 49nhp) |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow; (1888: E Scott, Newcastle) |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 56071 |
History: | |
27/08/1867 | Lord Alfred Paget, Gloucester & Colchester; registered at Newcastle |
1871 | Registered at Colchester |
1873 | Thomas Chivers, Colchester |
1875 | Viscount Macduff, Colchester |
1877 | William Barneby, Herefordshire |
1887 | Harry S Edwards, Corbridge |
1888 | Registered at South Shields; renamed SOLYST |
1892 | Charles McIver, Liverpool; registered at Liverpool; renamed SEAMAID |
1895 | John L Phipps, Windsor |
1901 | DE Hadji Constanti et Frere, Syra; renamed KAPHIREUS |
by 1930 | Socratis Goumaris & Co, Salonica; renamed ESPEROS |
1930 | Georgios Mylonas, Salonica |
1933 | Unknown owner, Bulgaria |
193X | Unknown owner; renamed MACEDONIA |
1941 | Unknown owner; renamed STRUMA |
02/1942 | Sank |
Comments: | 1875: Lengthened to 134.0ft |
1892: Also seen as SEA MAID (two words) | |
1901: Lengthened to 148.4ft & converted into a cargo ship | |
02/1942: Sank in the Black Sea carrying Jewish refugees |
Newcastle Courant, Friday, 23/08/1867