First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
John T. Lawrence, Liverpool |
Glasgow |
10/08/1864 |
Other names |
1866 STOCKPORT - 1871 EIDERSTEDT |
Subsequent owner and registration history |
1864 Anglo-Confederate Trading Co, Liverpool 1866 Edward Bates, Liverpool 1866 Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway Company - reg Grimsby 1871 Tönning & London Cattle Co, Germany - reg Tönning, Germany |
Vessel history |
Blockade runner. Ran blockade successfully four times to Wilmington NC and Galveston TX. 1866, after alterations (20 passengers), on Grimsby-Hamburg service. 1868 used as a reserve ship, then laid up at Grimsby. 1871 converted by Messrs Hadfield at Grimsby to a livestock carrier (500 cattle, 3000 sheep, 980grt 617nrt); operated between Tönning and London |
Remarks |
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End year |
Fate / Status |
1872 |
Stranded 16/10/1872 |
Disposal Detail |
16/10/1872 driven ashore on Covehithe Beach, 10 miles south of Lowestoft after became leaky in heavy weather and attempting to put back to London, engine stopped (London for Tönning in ballast); crew and 7 passengers saved. 31/10/1872 wreck for auction as lies ashore |
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