COIMBRA
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
DateAugust 1890
Object NameSCREW STEAMER
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 182.1' x breadth 27.3' x depth 13.9'
gross tonnage 709 tons
gross tonnage 709 tons
Object numberABDSHIP001225
Keywords
Yard Number: 338
Fate: unknown
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw steamer, 1 deck, poop deck 101', forecastle 25'
Owner:
1890: Oldenburger Portugiesische Dampfshiff Rhederei (Oldenburg-Portugese Steamship co.), registered at Oldenburg, Germany.
Masters:
1890-92: Master J. D. Claassen
1895: Master J. Loding
General History:
06/08/1890:
New steel screw steamer, COIMBRA, launched from A. Hall and Co.'s Footdee yard in beginning of last month, went into the bay Saturday morning for a trial trip. On board were Mr. Williams and Mr James Hall, the builders; Mr Williams, inspector for the Oldenberg Portugese Steamship Co. The vessel, under command of Capt. Caasen, gave the utmost satisfaction, engines working very smoothly. She is fitted up with all the latest improvements.
(Aberdeen Journal)
21/02/1899:
Plymouth telegram states steamer COIMBRA, Hamburg - Oporto, has been towed in there by steamer Joseph Davis with her shaft broken.
(Belfast Newsletter)
Note: Triple expansion engine by A. Hall, cylinders of 14", 23" and 39" diameter, 30" stroke, 160lb. boiler pressure, 78HP.
No longer in A. Hall list by 1926.
1832
May 1872
