M. PEARSE & COMPANY.,
STOCKTON-ON-TEES
| Name |
DENMARK
(launched as CHILIAN for West India & Pacific Line) |
| Type |
Passenger
Cargo |
| Yard
Number |
55 |
| Launched |
07/09/1865 |
| Completed |
11/1866
(Largest built on Tees to date) |
| Off.
Number |
54945 |
| Engine
builder |
Fossick, Blair |
| Engine
type |
2 cyl. simple
inverted |
| GRT |
2870 |
| Length
(feet) |
355 |
| Beam
(feet) |
42 |
| First
owner |
National
Steam Navigation Company, Liverpool |
| |
|
| History |
|
| |
|
| Fate |
1895
broken up at Livorno |
From David Asprey :-
In the
official papers on the liquidation of the British & American Steam Navigation
Co Ltd in 1866 and subsequently in the National Archives [BT 31/1108/2160C; J
91/69] there is an interesting note about B&A (which was owned/managed by
David, William and Henry Fernie, Liverpool.
On
18/3/1864 The Fernie Bros contracted with Pearse (Mountjoy Pearse and George
Lockwood) to built three iron steamships for the new company's trade to North
America.
a)
Price £75000 - delivered and paid for. This was DENMARK (Yd 55)
b)
Price £76000 - completed. This was GERMANY (Yd 56)
c)
Vessel not built
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