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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
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