First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
Donald B Macdonald, Fort William Distillery |
Glasgow |
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Other names |
1896 PORTAFERRY |
Subsequent owner and registration history |
01/11/1891 Owner died 11/1891 Jessie M. Carmichael or McDonald, John & Archibald McDonald (distillers). 03/1896 Hugh Wallace, Liverpool - mng Wallace Bros Ltd, Dublin 1896 Edward Betson, Dublin - reg Dublin 5/1897 McCausland, Portaferry 1905 Clyde Salvage Co Ltd, Glasgow - reg Glasgow 190x Tilton's Trading Steamers Ltd - mng Walter G Tilton, Bristol 191x Henry Haagensen, Grimsby 191x G Couper |
Vessel history |
Grain carrier 1890 208grt 108nrt 1896 236grt 74nrt 2/12/1896 sank near Poolbeg Lighhouse after taking water crossing Dublin Bay Bar (inbound from Garston); three of her crew drowned 31/1/1897 raised and beached by salvors McCausland, Portaferry 28/4/1897 auctioned in damaged state, lying in Ringsend Drydock, Dublin and purchased by salvors 1905 rebuilt after stranding in Kyle of Lochalsh |
Remarks |
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End year |
Fate / Status |
1918 |
Stranded 23/01/1918 |
Disposal Detail |
Stranded ¼ mile east of Whitby Pier, Yorkshire (Tyne Dock for Calais, coke). Crew of 8 rescued. |
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