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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| ATHENS |
17836 |
GBR |
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| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1856 |
04/05/1855 |
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| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Passenger / Cargo
| Iron Screw Steamer |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| Alexander Denny, Dumbarton |
Albert Yard |
42 |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| 739 grt / 502 nrt / |
224 ft |
30 ft |
16 ft |
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| Engine builder |
Tulloch & Denny, Dumbarton |
| Engine detail |
| 1-screw 120 hp |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| P. Schilizzi, Liverpool |
Liverpool |
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| Other names |
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| Subsequent owner and registration history |
| 1858 Union SS Co, Southampton. |
| Vessel history |
Built for Med service, Liverpool-Constantinople.
Returned to Denny after one round trip, re-masted and re-rigged for the stronger Atlantic winds she would encounter on the South Africa run. |
| Remarks |
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| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1865 |
Wrecked 16/05/1865 |
| Disposal Detail |
| Wrecked Table Bay. |
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