CURLER
Shipbuildervessel built by
DUTHIE
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
DateDecember 1891
Object NameSCREW STEAMER
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 153' x breadth 23.1' x depth 12.0'
gross tonnage 377 tons
gross tonnage 377 tons
Object numberABDSHIP000589
Keywords
Yard Number: 171
Official Number: 99016
Fate: lost by collision near the Shipwash Lightship, off Felixstowe, 9 June 1898.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw steamer, well deck, 1 steel deck, forecastle 21 feet, quarter deck 73 feet.
Owner:
1891: R. Thomson, 9 Fenchurch Avenue, London E.C., registered in London.
Masters:
1895: Master D. Evans
General History:
16/09/1891:
New steamer GOLFER to be launched from yard of John Duthie and Sons for Mr. Robert Thomas, Mark Lane, London (twin steamer CURLER, for same owner expected to be launched about end of this month). To be fitted with triple expansion engines by Bourlay Brothers, Dundee. Is to be ballasted by water in forepeak, will have latest appliances for quick discharge of cargo.
(Aberdeen Weekly Journal)
18/04/1894:
Collision in fog between steamer CURLER, Capt. Davidson, Runcorn - Peterhead with salt and schooner LADY CECILIA HAY of Lossiemouth. CURLER had staunchions carried away and part of railing damaged, while schooner had starboard bow smashed.
(Aberdeen Weekly Journal)
18/03/1895: [advert]
Steamer CURLER due with cargo of seed potatoes.
(Western Mail, (Cardiff))
16/03/1896:
Steamer CURLER, of and from London, for Dunkirk, grounded on Blyth Sand, but floated without assistance and proceeded.
(Morning Post)
28/03/1896:
Frieght market - steamer CURLER, Grangemouth - Bremerhaven, 440 tons, 45.6 d prompt.
(Glasgow Herald)
09/06/1898: on a voyage from Grays, Essex to the Tyne under the command of Capt. D. Evans who had been in command since 1895 the ship was lost near the Shipwash Lightship, off Felixstowe in position 52°02'N 1°43'E. Vessel foundered and lost following a collision with the steamer MARY NIXON of Newcastle-on-Tyne in wind conditions wind NNE force 4. She had a crew of 11 - none lost - and a cargo of chalk on board.
Notes: Special survey at Sunderland 1896.
Classified 100 A1 at London in May 1897.
3 cylinder triple expansion engine 55 H.P. and 1 single ended boiler by Gourlay Bros. & Co. of Dundee.
