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LILLY

Shipbuildervessel built by Alexander HALL & Co. (Footdee, Aberdeen)

DateNovember 1872

Object NameSCREW STEAMER

MediumIRON

ClassificationsShip

DimensionsLength 143.7' x Breadth 20.2' x Depth 9.9'
Gross Tonnage 263 tons

Object numberABDSHIP001163

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 275
Official Number: 68876

Fate: sunk by collision off Souter Point, Whitburn, Tyne and Wear, 28 June 1877.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Screw steamer, iron, 3 bulkheads, 1 deck

Owers:
1872: W. Pile & Co., registered at Sunderland (Builder's List)
1874-75: Watson & Co., registered at Sunderland
1876-77: Watson, Kipling & Co., registered at Sunderland

Masters:
1874-75: Master A. Kirklady
1876-77: Master C. McIntosh

28/06/1877:
While on a voyage Grangemouth to Seaham in ballast under Capt. C. McIntosh with a crew of 10 collided with another Sunderland registered vessel, PROMETHEUS, and sank, approximately 1.5 miles South East of Whitburn, Sourter Point, north of Seaham.
(Richard and Bridget Larn (1977) "Shipwreck Index of British Isles" (Lloyd's register, London) vol. 3, section 6).

Notes: Contract price (hull only) £3,500 (Builder's List held in the Lloyd's Library in the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
The name as LILLY is as it appears in the builder's list, it is LILY in Lloyd's.
Engines: 4 cylinder double acting compound inverted engines, 13" and 20" cylinders, 20" stroke, boiler pressure 65lb., producing 40HP. by Smith Bros. Glasgow.