Name: | WEXFORD |
Launched: | 12/01/1888 |
Completed: | 03/1888 |
Builder: | JT Eltringham, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 138 |
Dimensions: | 169grt, 58nrt, 108.0 x 18.9 x 9.9ft |
Engines: | 2 x L1cyl (28 x 50ins), 360ihp, 80nhp |
Engines By: | JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 70154 |
History: | |
03/1888 | Wexford Harbour Commissioners; registered at Wexford |
1919 | France, Fenwick Tyne & Wear Co Ltd, Newcastle |
1922 | Registered at Sunderland |
06/1956 | Broken up |
Comments: | 07/1915 to 04/1918: Hired by Admiralty |
06/1956: Sold to British Iron & Steel Corp for £1675 | |
Allocated to Thomas Young & Sons (Shipbreakers) at Sunderland |
Above photo courtesy of Alfred Turner
Above photo courtesy of Alfred Turner
Above photo courtesy of Stephen Swinhoe
Above photo courtesy of Stephen Swinhoe