Category:Ambassador (ship, 1872)

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Ship[edit]

  • Type: Passenger/cargo ship, cable-laying ship
  • Built by: James Laing, Deptford Yard
  • Yard No: 348
  • Keel laid:
  • Launched: 1872.07.22
  • Completed: 1872.10.05
  • Length over all: 300.9 ft
  • Beam: 34.1 ft
  • GT: 1951
  • DWT:
  • www.sunderlandships.com
  • atlantic-cable.com (appears to misidentify the ship; the 1869 Lund Ambassador was a tea clipper with no engines)

History[edit]

  • 1872 Named Ambassador; Flag: United Kingdom
    • Call sign: LKJV
    • Port: Liverpool
    • Owner: T. & J. Harrison & others, Liverpool
  • 1876.12.25 Collided with George F. Manson at 15.06N - 73.27E and sank