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SS R.M.HUNTON 1872

PostPosted: Wed May 16, 2012 12:08 am
by wreckmaster
R.M.HUNTON 58793

Built 1872
Builder Turnbull & Son Whitby Yard No 29
Launched : 8.6.72
Registered at Whitby 11-07-1872
Type : Iron Screw Steamer, Schooner Rigged
Tons : 691 / 977
Dim : 225.5 | 30.3 | 17.1
Engine Builder : Blair & Co Stockton
Built For : T. Turnbull and Son
History : 07-01-1882 Foundered at King Road, Bristol Channel.

Re: SS R.M.HUNTON 1872

PostPosted: Wed May 16, 2012 7:43 pm
by northeast
From Miramar ...
Broke moorings in Kingroad, 7 Jan 1882, wrecked on Cockburn Rock, north of Avonmouth Light, voy. Alexandria - Bristol, cottonseed