SS Mahratta (1891)

History
United Kingdom
NameSS Mahratta
Owner
BuilderHarland and Wolff Ltd, Belfast
Yard number246
Launched19 November 1891
Completed28 January 1892
HomeportLiverpool
Identification
FateWrecked 8 April 1909
General characteristics
Tonnage5,679 grt
Length446 ft (135.94 m)
Beam49 ft 2 in (14.99 m)
Draught30 ft (9.14 m)
Propulsion1 x Harland & Wolff 6-cylinder triple-expansion steam engine, 429 hp (320 kW).
Crew90

SS Mahratta was a steamship owned by Brocklebank Line which was launched in 1891 and ran aground on the Goodwin Sands in 1909.[1]

  1. ^ Guilmant, Aylwin (1992). Kent of one hundred years ago. Stroud: Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd. pp. 86–87. ISBN 0-7509-1083-6.