BALNACRAIG
Shipbuildervessel built by
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Owner
J & A Davidson
(Aberdeen, Scotland)
Date1883
Object NameSCREW STEAMER
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 250 7/12' x breadth 34 1/12' x depth 25 1/12'
Gross Tonnage: 1629 ton
Gross Tonnage: 1629 ton
Object numberABDSHIP001871
Keywords
Yard Number: 228
Official Number: 84368
Fate: sank off North Foreland, Kent after a collision, 11 December 1886.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Screw cargo steamer with 1 main deck, bridge deck 22', and a spar deck.
Owners:
11/1883: J & A Davidson, Aberdeen
02/1886: Sold to Grampian Steamship Co. Ltd, Aberdeen.
General History:
14/09/1883:
South Shields - John Shivas, steward of screw steamer BALNACRAIG, from Roven, fined £1.12s.6d for having smuggled 3 3/4lbs of Cavendish tobacco.
(Newcastle Courant)
13/12/1886:
BALNACRAIG, steamer, of Aberdeen, Antwerp for London, sank at 5 o'clock Friday evening 15 miles ENE of North Foreland after collision with KARO (Official #68921), steamer, of Sunderland, St. Petersburg for Batom with iron. Crew & passengers were saved. BALNACRAIG had been chartered from the Grampian Steamship Co. (Adam & Co., Aberdeen, managers) by Prescott & Weston, London, for the Mediterranean trade. During past few months she had been engaged in that trade and was bound for Mediterranean after London. She was built as cost of £26,000, is insured for £16,000 and was commanded by Capt. Purves. KARO arrived Gravesend early Saturday with port bow very severely damaged and fore compartment full of water.
(Aberdeen Weekly Journal)
Note: Compound inclined engines by Hall, Russell &Co. Cylinders of 30" and 59", 36" stroke, boiler pressure 90lb., 150HP.
