Name: | DANUBE |
Launched: | 09/1870 |
Completed: | 10/1870 |
Builder: | Readhead Softley & Co, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 66 |
Dimensions: | 92grt, 11nrt, 92.5 x 18.2 x 9.7ft |
Engines: | SL1cyl (34 x 51ins), 40nhp |
Engines By: | Readhead Softley & Co, South Shields |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | 62997 |
History: | |
15/10/1870 | Ralph D Jacobs, Deptford, London; registered at South Shields |
1870 | Ralph D Jacobs, Constantinople |
1878 | John Smart, Constantinople |
1885 | James W Whittall, Constantinople |
1896 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1895: Stranded (sunk?) after a collision with KALAMISH, off Scutari, Turkey |
1896: Broken up in situ | |
Thanks to David Asprey & John Evans for the above details |
Above photo of DANUBE at Istanbul-Beykoz is courtesy of Jochen Kruesmann