S.S. Thomas Wilson, Wilson Line

Ship Data

Type Built Burden Dimensions Line / Owner
S.S. 1870 at Hull, England by C. & W. Earle 1,536 gross 253.4ft x 34.8ft x 17.5ft Wilson Line , Hull, England

Details: 1,536 tons gross, 1,172 under deck and 1,003 net. Poop 140 feet long and forecastle 43 tons. Rigging: iron single screw steam Schooner, 1 iron deck, 2 tiers of beams, 4 bulkheads and 1 partial bulkhead. Propulsion: compound engine with 2 inverted cylinders of 32 & 60 in. diameter respectively, stroke 33 inches delivering 154 horsepower. She had new boilers in 1880, engine built by the same company as the hull.

Chronological History

Year Event
1870 Launched
1888 Departed Christiania - Christiansand. Arrived Hull. — See in Routes & Departures
1901 Sold to Gebr. Seeburg, Riga - Renamed "General Radetsky"
1909 Foundered in the North Sea

Routes & Departures

Year Route To Departures
1888 Christiania - Christiansand - Hull Hull ▶ 2

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