Category:Werfa (ship, 1883)

Ship[edit]

• Type: General cargo ship
• Built by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Howdon
• Yard No: 519
• Keel laid:
• Launched: 1883.10.14
• Completed: 1883.12
• Length over all: 216.0 ft
• Beam: 30.2 ft
• GRT: 948
• DWT:
• www.tynebuiltships.co.uk
• wrecksite.eu

History[edit]

• 1883 Named Werfa; Flag: United Kingdom
  • Official number: 89167
  • Port: Cardiff
  • Owner: The "Werfa" Steam Ship Co Ltd (Evens & Grasdorff)
• 1892 Owner: Walter J Tillett & Co.
  • Signal letters: JFKR
  • Port: Cardiff
• 1898 Owner: George Niven
  • Port: London
• 1898 Flag: Australia
  • Signal letters: JFKR
  • Port: Sydney
  • Owner: Bellambi Coal Co Pty Ltd, Melbourne
• 1914 Owner: McIlwraith & McEacharn Pty Ltd
  • Port: Melbourne
  • Coal hulk in Melbourne
• 1929.03.21 Scuttled off Port Philip heads