Cargo Ship Passenger Jan Breydel 1880 Mitchell Low Walker"> Cargo Ship Passenger Jan Breydel 1880 Mitchell Low Walker">
Name: | JAN BREYDEL |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 13/01/1880 |
Completed: | 08/1880 |
Builder: | C Mitchell & Co |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 385 |
Dimensions: | 3414grt, 2236nrt, 340.0 x 40.0 x 26.0ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (44 & 84 x 48ins), 400nhp |
Engines by: | T Clark & Co, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
08/1880 | TC Engels, Antwerp |
1888 | A/S D/S Thingvalla, Copenhagen; renamed DANMARK |
06/04/1889 | Abandoned |
Comments: | Appears to have been built for a contract that failed as she was launched without name |
07/1880: Purchased by Engels & Co of Antwerp | |
06/04/1889: Abandoned 800 miles E of Newfoundland after the propeller shaft broke | |
On a voyage from Copenhagen to New York, | |
08/04/1889: Last sighted in position 45.45N – 37.16W |
Above painting as DANMARK is by Antonio Jacobsen
Above photo as DANMARK is copyright of the Museet for Sofarts. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Jarrow Express, Friday, 16/01/1880
Sunderland Daily Echo, Thursday, 22/07/1880