SS Blanche (1863)

History

United Kingdom
Name:	SS Blanche
Owner:	1863 H L Seligmann, Glasgow 1864 M Langlands & Sons, Glasgow 18xx (foreign) 1872 Joseph Weatherley, John Mead & Edward Hussey, London 1889 Furness Withy. 1892 Osborn & Wallis
Builder:	A. & J. Inglis, Pointhouse, Glasgow, Scotland
Yard number:	1
Launched:	Wednesday, 8 April 1863
Fate:	Wrecked on 15 July 1891
General characteristics
Type:	Iron steamship - collier
Tonnage:	246grt (1872: 234grt, 145net)
Length:	121 feet (1872: 146.1 feet)
Beam:	20 feet (1872: 20.1 feet)
Draught:	(Depth) 12 feet (1872: 12.0 feet)
Propulsion:	Steam

SS Blanche was the first ship built at A and J Inglis, Pointhouse, Glasgow and launched in 1863 with Yard No 1. She was initially owned by H L Seligmann, Glasgow, who sold her in 1864 to M Langlands & Sons, Glasgow. She was wrecked on 15 July 1891 on the Isle of Tudy on her passage from Cardiff to Quimper, Brittany.^[1]

References

↑ David Asprey, Stuart Cameron, Bruce Biddulph and Bruce Allan Shipping Times: Launched 1863: SS Blanche.

Ships built by A. & J. Inglis, Glasgow

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