The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-28
HARBOR AND
MARINE NEWS
eHiPFINe TRANSACTIONS AND
EoFEs CT INTEREST ALONG
THE BAY FRONT.
Nautical Notes.

The steel screw steamer Marpessa,
1,079 tons net and 1,730 tons gross
register, which has traded for many
years between Liverpool and Baltic
ports, has been sold through Liverpool
trokers for IT $50 to Russian buyers.
She is OF the we'll deck type, and was
launched from Palmer & Co.'S yard,
) Newcastle on tyne in 1889. and had
engines and boilers by the same build
ers. Engine triple, n by 81 by 81,
with 39-inch stroke. and two single
ended boilers. Water ballast in the
usual tanks, carrying nearly 500 tons.
She passed survey at Birkennead in
June this year. and released 100 Al.
Length $50 feet inches, beam 81 feet
2 inches, and depth nodded 10 feet
2 inches. She is now lying at this
port but halls from Chester. and was
owned by Mr.. c. A. Ewing, George
Jameson & Co., managers.
The fine steel four masted bark Lord
Shaftesbury. of the port. and now
lying at Hull from Wallaroo, has been
sold through London brokers for about
$4,000. her new owners being located
on the North Pacific coast She regis
ters 2,273 tons. and was launched in
1883, at Whitehaven, where she was
built by the Whitehayen Ship building
Company, Ltd, for her late owners,
the Lord Shaftesbury Sailing Ship
Company. Ltd, Messrs. J. Heron &
Co, managers. She had a new dom
key boiler in 1905 and was surveyed
in September, 1910, at London. when
she released 100 Al. and is sold sub
ject to the usual dry docking clause.
The steel screw steamer Camper
down, owned by Messrs. Glen & Co.,
Glasgow, is reported sold at about
417,00. She was built and engined by
gov, in 1898. Dimensions 80 feet by
~ feet 2 inches by % feet; 2.5o4 tons
gross. Triple expansion engines, %.
81 and 62-inch by 39-inch stroke.
The steel screw steamer Nile, owned
by Messrs. Glen & Co. Glasgod. is re-
ported sold at about 1880. She was
built by Messrs. r. Napier & Sons.
ItdA Glasgow, in 1897. Dimensions ESQ
feer by 40 feet 2 inches by 81 feet 6
inches; 1894 tons gross about $500
tons lightweight. Triple expansion en-
gines. 20. 81 and 50 inch by S6-inch
stroke, by Messrs. Dunsmuir & Jack
son.
The steel screw steamer Colling-
wood. owned by the Vulcan Shipping
Company. Ltd, Glasgow, is reported
sold by Messrs. Richardson. Duck &
Co., Stockton, in 1896. Dimensions $40
s9eet by A feet by % feet 10 inches;
1897 tons gross. about 4.200 tons lead
% 1-2. 81 and 61-inch by 42-inch
stroke, by Messrs Blair & Co, Ltd.
The steel screw steamer Victorious,
owned by Messrs. Macintyre Brothers
& CO., Newcastle. is reported sold to
foreign buyers at about 10000. She
was built by Messrs. r. Stephenson
& Co., Ltd. Newcastle. in 1898. Di-
mansions $50 feet by As feet s inches:
3.4S4 tons gross. about $500 tons dead
weight. Triple-expansion engines, "a,
30 ans 66inch by 45-inch stroke, by
Ness Blair & Co.. Ltd.
ThBJteel screw steamer Toxic, own
ed by Messrs. T. Wilson, Son & Co.,
Ltd, Hull has been sold to Norwegian
buyers. She was built by Messrs
Richardson, Duck & CO., Stockton, in
1895. Dimensions SO feet by As feet
inches by 80 feet; 1927 tons gross.
Triple expansion engines; "a IL, So 1-2
inch by 42-inch stroke, by Messrs.
Blair & Co, Ltd
Cleared.
Mercator, Br IS, Funck, 1916, for
Buenos Ayres. with $4,000 # lumber,
685 tons of coal.