Edinburgh (1885)

Builder:
Charles Connell & Company
Scotstoun, Scotland
Keel laid:
N/A
Launched:
June 17, 1885
Year built:
1885
Completed:
July 1885
Fate:
Captured and sunk Jan. 22, 1916 by SMS Möwe.

Location: North Atlantic, 1,285 miles west of Dakar, Senegal.
(13.20N - 36.36W)

All twenty crewmen and two passengers were taken aboard Möwe and later transferred
to the captured ship SS Westburn and landed at Tenerife, Canary Islands Feb. 24.


Owner
Bramwell & Gardiner
Glasgow, Scotland
1896:
John Stewart & Company
London, England


Dimensions, machinery and performance
Length:
241' 7" (73.7m) PP
Hull:
Iron
Beam:
38' 5" (11.6m)
Masts:
3
Draft:
N/A
Sail:
N/A
Gross Tons:
1,473
Speed:
N/A
DWT:
N/A
Engines:
N/A
Crew:
N/A


Captains
From
To
Name
N/A
Jan. 22, 1916
Samuel W. Burnley


Builder's Data
Page published Feb. 6, 2011