Name: | BRITANNIA |
Launched: | 01/1851 |
Completed: | 1851 |
Builder: | Hepple & Landells, North Shields |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 61gt, 19nrt, 70.9 x 14.4 x 8.5ft |
Engines: | SL1cyl, 30nhp |
Engines By: | |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | 7864 |
History: | |
1851 | TA Wemyss, Leith |
1862 | David Norrie, Leith; registered at Leith |
1863 | J Brown, Leith |
1870 | D Norrie, Leith |
1872 | William Gunn, Granton; registered at Granton |
25/12/1879 | Sank |
Comments: | 25/12/1879: Sank after a collision with FITZWLLIAM 3 miles East of Inchkieth, Firth of Forth |
Tug foundered & Captain Watson & crew rescued from the small boat. | |
Thanks to Andy Hall for the above details |