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Name
Official number
Flag
IMO
BRITANNIA
GBR
Year built
Date launched
Date completed
1840
05/02/1840
06/1840
Vessel type
Vessel description
Passenger / Cargo
Wood Paddle Steamer
Builder
Yard
Yard no
Robert Duncan, Greenock
Cartsdyke East
Tonnage
Length
Breadth
Depth
Draft
1154 grt / 619 nrt /
203.7 ft
31.8 ft
22.2 ft
Engine builder
Robert Napier, Govan
Engine detail
2cyl side lever, 423hp, paddles, 8.5 knots
1865 machinery removed
First owner
First port of register
Registration date
The British & North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, Glasgow
Glasgow
18/06/1840
Other names
1849 BARBAROSSA
Subsequent owner and registration history
1849 Central German Confederation - Deutsche Reichsflotte (German Navy)
05/1852 Prussian Navy
Vessel history
03/1849 converted to a steam frigate
1852 accommodation and guard ship at Danzig
1865 accommodation ship (no machinery)
Remarks
End year
Fate / Status
1880
Broken Up
Disposal Detail
28/07/1880 torpedoed and sunk as a target ship at Kiel.
10/11/1880 refloated and broken up at Kiel
Britannia
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Britannia Artist William Clark
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Britannia
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Britannia
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