Name: | NORTH CAMBRIA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 06/12/1881 |
Completed: | 01/1882 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 465 |
Dimensions: | 1969grt, 1283nrt, 270.4 x 36.2 x 23.4ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (28 & 64 x 42ins), 222nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 85100 |
History: | |
21/01/1882 | Hugh Roberts & Son, Newcastle; registered at London |
1899 | E Hulin, Rouen; renamed SAINT WANDRILLE |
1904 | Ant Artaud, Marseille |
1908 | Cia del Vapor Gipuzkoa (Blas de Otero y Cia), Montevideo |
1908 | Renamed GIPUZKOA |
25/01/1910 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 25/01/1910: Wrecked at Algorta, near Bilbao |
On a voyage to Bilbao in ballast |
Above painting of NORTH CAMBRIA is by Luigi Roberto, courtesy of Museum Wales
Above photo as GIPUZKOA is courtesy of Photoship
Jarrow Express, Friday, 09/12/1881