Tancred
1889-1897 General cargo
Buildingyard: W.H. Potter & Son, LIverpool/ UK
Built year: 1880
Yard no: 91
Tonnage: GRT: 1238/ NET: 786/ TDW: 1700
Dims : LOA: 221,3/ BR: 33,2/ DR: 15,8ft
Machinery: 2-cyl compund steamengine by J.Jones & Sons. Liverpool/ UK
IHP: 540
Speed: 8,5
Photo:
13.03.1880: Launched as BENALLA for Joseph Hoult & Co., Liverpool/UK
02.10.1880: Sank at Ponta Delgada, Azores after collision with S/S ROBINIA (UK) 1816/76. The vessels anchorchain parted during a storm.
On passage from New Orleans to Bayonne. Later sold at auction "as is" for GBP 150. Refloated by J.C. Furtado
05.01.1881: Registreted at Ponta Delgada with owner J.C. Furtado, F.S. d'Avellar and E.S. d'Avellar. Renamed ACORIANO
00.00.1883: J.C. Furtado sold his interest to the other owners
19.02.1885: Sold to A. Ben Saude
28.02.1885: Sold to Empress Nacional de Nav. A Vaport, Portugal
00.00.1888: Sold to John Wood & Co., West Hartlepool/ UK. Renamed BENALLA
00.00.1889: Purchased by Wilh. Wilhelmsen. Price paid: NOK 240.000. Renamed TANCRED
30.11.1897: Wrecked on Cockburn Isl., Formosa (Taiwan). On passage from Manila to Japan