ELVASTON (1887, Harris & Dixon)

postcard by Shipwrecked Mariners Society, 

not posted, 

6.75" x 4.5", 170mm x 110mm (approx)

our ref: SXL060

ELVASTON

Brigantine-rigged tramp steamer built in 1887 at Sunderland by Sir James Laing as Elvaston for Harris & Dixon. Sold in 1895 to the Danish-Russian Steamship Company and renamed Pawel Andrejeff. Later sold and renamed Ural and then San Serafino. She returned to British owners in 1921 and her name reverted to Elvaston. Sold and renamed Elmsgarth in 1924. Broken up at Rosyth in 1933.