Name: | AMERICA |
Launched: | 27/12/1890 |
Completed: | 01/1891 |
Builder: | JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 127 |
Dimensions: | 244grt, 42nrt, 131.8 x 22.6 x 10.6ft |
Engines: | L1cyl (41 x 60ins), 98nhp, 425ihp |
Engines by: | JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 98610 |
History: | |
03/1891 | Clyde Shipping Co Ltd, Glasgow; registered at Glasgow |
1928 | J & L Vercammen, Burght, Belgium |
1928 | Anchor Line (Henderson Bros) Ltd, Glasgow; renamed SEAMORE |
1935 | Anchor Line (1935) Ltd, Glasgow |
1936 | Company restyled as Anchor Line Ltd |
1945 | Broken up |
Comments: | For use at Cobh and Queenstown to meet trans Atlantic liners |
Certified for 200 x 1st Class & 100 x 2nd Class passengers | |
13/09/1915 to 1918: Hired to Admiralty as a harbour tug | |
1918 to 1919: Operated as a minelayer | |
1928: Sold to J & L Vercammen, Burght, for breaking up | |
1935: Reformed after liquidation as Anchor Line (1935) Ltd | |
12/11/1945: Sold to BISCO & allocated to Smith & Houston, Port Glasgow |
Above photo shows SEAMORE at the breakers. Photo is courtesy of Richard Cox
Cork Constitution, Wednesday, 25/03/1891