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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| JUPITER |
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NOR |
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| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1856 |
19/04/1856 |
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| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Passenger / Cargo
| Iron Screw Steamer 2 Masts |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| Caird & Company, Greenock |
Cartsdyke West |
46 |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| 652 grt / 398 nrt / |
180 ft 5 in |
26 ft 2 in |
20.1 ft |
20 ft |
| Engine builder |
, |
| Engine detail |
1-screw, Steam. 750ihp
1871 New engine, 2Cy compound by Bergens Mekaniske
By 1904 C.2cy. (29 & 54in) 128nhp by Caird & Co. |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| Bergen Steamship Company, Bergen |
Bergen |
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| Other names |
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| Subsequent owner and registration history |
| By 1904 Bergenske Dampskibselskab. Bergen. Norway. |
| Vessel history |
During her 56 year career with the Bergen Line, the Caird built Jupiter was significantly altered from her initial yacht like appearance
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| Remarks |
| 750ihp. 1861 carried mails between the Tyne and Norway. |
| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1913 |
Wrecked 04/12/1912 |
| Disposal Detail |
She was declared a total loss after running aground on Rautingkalvin, at the entrance to Fensfjord, north of Bergen, on 4/12/1912. The wreck was broken up in situ during 1913.
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Jupiter
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