Name: | HELLESPONT |
Launched: | 1867 |
Completed: | 10/1867 |
Builder: | Readhead, Softley & Co, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 22 |
Dimensions: | 137grt, 72nrt, 115.1 x 19.8 x 9.9ft |
Engines: | L2cyl, 60nhp |
Engines by: | |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Iron frame & wooden planking |
Reg Number: | 58696 |
History: | |
07/10/1867 | Richard Grech & James Wardell; registered at South Shields |
1867 | Richard Grech & James Wardell, Dardanelles |
20/04/1878 | Admiralty |
12/12/1904 | Sold |
Comments: | Probably engined by the shipbuilder |
12/12/1904: Probably sold for breaking up |
Shown alongside HMS AUSTRALIA at Malta in 1890. Photo is courtesy of John Ward-McQuaid