Name: | MAGNET |
Launched: | 18/07/1868 |
Completed: | 1868 |
Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co , Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 47 |
Dimensions: | 67grt, 29nrt, 80.3 x 17.1 x 8.0ft |
Engines: | 2cyl (22 & 22 x 15ins), 30hp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
1868 | Bremerhaven Towing Co (FW Wenke) |
01/1873 | Thomas Miller, Queenstown |
18/01/1873 | Sank |
Comments: | Miller commissioned brokers James & Alfred Watkins of London to purchase the tug |
at Bremen and to arrange insurance and delivery to Cork | |
They failed to insure the tug and she foundered in the North Sea in bad weather | |
Six of the crew drowned, the master and three crew were rescued | |
Miller sued Watkins for the £2800 purchase price | |
Thanks to David Asprey & Ian Rae for the above details |