Name: | ELECTRIC |
Launched: | 26/01/1864 |
Completed: | 03/1864 |
Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 25 |
Dimensions: | 395grt, 201nrt, 162.3 x 26.0 x 14.2ft |
Engines: | 2cyl (32 & 32 x 72ins), 180nhp |
Engines By: | Thompson, Boyd & Co, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | Paddle, 12.0knots |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 45632 |
History: | |
1864 | Apcar & Co, Calcutta |
1876 | Hooghly River & Coasting Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Calcutta |
1885 | Clive Steam Tug Co (Gladstone Wyllie, managers), Calcutta |
1893 | Broken up |
Comments: | Fitted with 2 horizontal oscillating engines |
Contract price £11,500; Profit £1568 | |
08/03/1864: Sailed from the Tyne for Calcutta, towing 17 keels loaded with 400 tons of coal | |
1877: Fitted with a new deck | |
28/05/1886: In collision with the pilot brig STAR OF GERMANY in the Hooghly, | |
ELECTRIC was found to be at fault due to the high speed at which she approached the pilot. |