The character and extent of archaeological remains associated with the loss of this vessel is presently unknown.
Event and Historical Information:
The ENGINEER was an iron-hulled steamship built in 1882 by Aitken & Mansel, Whiteinch, Glasgow, for the Charente Steamship Company of Liverpool. Technical and configuration specifications are given as 2667gt, 1696nt; 350ft length x 38ft breadth x 25ft 3in depth; screw propulsion 2 cylinder compound engine connected to 2 boilers producing 344 horsepower; machinery made by J and J Thomson of Glasgow; Official Number 86175. At the time of loss the vessel was owned by J White of Genoa, Italy and registered at that port. On 23 March 1900 the ENGINEER was carrying coal from Penarth to Savona under the command of master F Bertolotto. It grounded leaving Penarth Dock and split in two. The two parts were refloated and beached at Penarth Head where they were broken up.
Sources include:
Board of Trade Wreck Return 1900, Appendix C, Table 1, p.146 (656)
Larn and Larn Shipwreck Database 2002
Lloyd's Register Casualty Returns, 1 January - 31 March 1900, p.8 (h)
Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping, 1 July 1897 - 30 June 1898, number 390 in E
South Wales Daily News, 24 March 1900, p.6
Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, November 2011.
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