100 Years of Emigrant Ships from Norway  Solem, Swiggum & Austheim |
S/S Cameo |
100 Years of Emigrant Ships from Norway Solem, Swiggum & Austheim |
S/S Cameo |
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The "Cameo" was built in 1876 by Earles' Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. in Hull for the Wilson Line.
Her tonnage was 1,272 tons gross, 939 under deck and 833 net.
Dimensions were 245 feet long, 31 foot beam and holds 17.3 feet deep, poop 155
feet long and forecastle 28 feet long. Rigging: iron construction, single screw 3 masts steam
Schooner, 2 decks, 1 of iron and 6 bulkheads. Propulsion: compound engine with 2 inverted
cylinders of 33 ¼ & 64 ½ in. diameter respectively, stroke 42 inches, 170 horsepower. The engine
was built by the same company as the hull. In September 1908 she was sold to T. W.
Ward, Preston for scrapping.
[The Wilson Line of Hull, 1831-1981 by A.G.Credland & M.Thompson][Lloyd's register of ships] (Information submitted by Gilbert Provost)
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