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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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