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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| UTOPIA |
68102 |
GBR |
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| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1874 |
14/02/1874 |
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| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Cargo General
| Iron Screw Steamer 2 Masts |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| Robert Duncan & Co, Port Glasgow |
East Yard |
67 |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| 2731 grt / 1753 nrt / |
350.2 ft |
35.2 ft |
22.2 ft |
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| Engine builder |
D & W Henderson & Co., Glasgow |
| Engine detail |
C2cyl(46.5 & 83 x 48in),678hp 1-screw
1890 re-engine T3cyl. by Henderson |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| Henderson Brothers, Glasgow |
Glasgow |
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| Other names |
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| Subsequent owner and registration history |
| 1899 Anchor Line (Henderson Bros.) Ltd., Glasgow |
| Vessel history |
1891 sank after colliding with HMS Anson at Gibraltar. 533 perished. 1900 a coffer dam was built around her and she was afloat within five months of the disaster.
Towed back to the Clyde, but was laid up until sold for breaking up in 1900.
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| Remarks |
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| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1900 |
Broken Up 29/04/1900 |
| Disposal Detail |
| Arrived at Dordrecht for breaking. |
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Utopia wreck at Gibraltar
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