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Name Official number Flag IMO
ORIENT    DEU   
Year built Date launched Date completed
1889  21/01/1889   
Vessel type Vessel description
Cargo General  Steel Sailing Vessel 3 Masted Ship
Builder Yard Yard no
Charles Connell & Company, Glasgow Scotstoun  159 
 

Tonnage Length Breadth Depth Draft
1663 grt / 1619 nrt / 258.8 ft  38.7 ft  22.7 ft   
Engine builder ,
Engine detail
 

First owner First port of register Registration date
Evers & Classen, Hamburg.   Hamburg   
Other names
 
Subsequent owner and registration history
 
Vessel history
 
Remarks
 
End year Fate / Status
1907  Wrecked 29/07/1907 
Disposal Detail
29/07/1907 wrecked at the entrance to the harbour of East London on voyage from Melbourne with a cargo of wheat. The cable parted during towage into the harbour and the current swept the Orient aground.  
 

 

Orient aground
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