Histoire
This freighter, collier was built in 1871 by Thomas R. Oswald & Co. in Pallion Sunderland.
Notes historiques
This vessel arrived in Victoria in 1880 and was under a three year charter to the R. Dunsmuir & Co. coal interests traveling twice a month to California with a cargo of coal. The charter expired in 1883.
In 1883 this vessel returned to England. On January 11, 1886, while enroute Rouen France to NY with a cargo of maize, this vessel foundered 15 miles southeast of Fire Island NY USA.
Propriétaires et capitaines
In 1871-1878 she was owned by Cleugh G. & Co., North Shields UK.
In 1878-1886 she was owned by Laws, Surtees & Co., North Shields UK
Capitaines
Captain J. Baumann (1880)
Signification du nom
Hylton Castle is a stone castle in the North Hylton area of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England.
Références
- Newell, Gordon (Ed.) (1966)
- Taylor, G.W. (1982)
- www.wrecksite.eu ↗ (website viewed 08/09/2025)
