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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| SNOWDOUN |
7844 |
GBR |
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| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1855 |
11/1854 |
01/1855 |
| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Passenger / Cargo
| Iron Screw Steamer |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| Barclay & Curle, Glasgow |
Stobcross Yard |
11 |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| 470 grt / 354 nrt / |
180.6 ft |
25.8 ft |
14.5 ft |
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| Engine builder |
A. & J. Inglis Ltd., Glasgow |
| Engine detail |
C2cyl, 75hp
1-screw. |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| Leith, Hull & Hamburgh Steam Packet Co, Leith |
Leith |
20/01/1855 |
| Other names |
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| Subsequent owner and registration history |
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| Vessel history |
| 1862? lengthened: 557grt 354nrt, 206.1 x 24.1 x 14.5ft |
| Remarks |
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| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1882 |
Collision 31/08/1882 |
| Disposal Detail |
Arriving off Humber Dock from Leith, she sank after striking the chain of FINGAL (Genoa for Hull) which was anchored in the river. All passengers and crews landed safely.
It took until 9/1883 for the wreck to be cleared to a depth of 4 fathoms (and the wreck-marking buoy to be removed) |
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