Coromandel
1893-1895 General cargo
Buildingyard: J. & W. Dudgeon, London
Built year: 1870
Yard no: ---
Tonnage 1870-78: GRT: 1698/ NET: 1155/ TDW: ---
Tonnage 1879-95: GRT: 2184/ NET: 1370/ TDW: 3500
Dims 1870-78: LOA: 270,0/ BR: 34,0/ DR: 17,7ft
Dims 1878-95: LOA: 346,5/ BR: 34,2/ DR: 17,5ft
Machinery 1870-1889: 2 x 2cyl comp steamengine by the shipbuilder
Machinery 1889-1895: 2 3-cyl tripleexp steamengine by Blaikie Brothers
IHP 1889-95: 1250
Speed: 10,0 knots
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00.04.1870: Launched as LA PALMA for A. Oneta, Italy
00.00.1874: Transferred to Italo-Platense Cia Argentina, in which A. Oneta hade owner interests.
00.00.1876: Sold to Verminck & Cie., France. Renamed COROMANDEL
00.00.1878: Lenghtened 76,5 ft. Finished 1879
00.03.1881: Reg at Calcutta. Ownership by Banchu, Ramarer Garu. Renamed EMPRESS OF INDIA
00.00.1886: Sold to George J. Scott, Calcutta/ India
00.00.1889: Sold to McFarlane, Strang & Co Ltd., Glasgow. Re-engined
00.00.1893: Sold to Macbeth & Gray, Glasgow
00.00.1893: Purchased by WW. Renamed COROMANDEL
15.021895: Wrecked at Las Palmas. On passage from the Clyde to Rio de Janeiro