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Name
Official number
Flag
IMO
COTOPAXI
69265
GBR
Year built
Date launched
Date completed
1873
15/03/1873
Vessel type
Vessel description
Passenger / Cargo
Iron Screw Steamer
Builder
Yard
Yard no
John Elder & Co., Govan
Fairfield Yard
146
Tonnage
Length
Breadth
Depth
Draft
4073 grt / 2583 nrt /
402.2 ft
42.8 ft
34.3 ft
Engine builder
John Elder & Co., Govan
Engine detail
C2cyl (61 & 112 x 48in), 600hp, 1-screw
First owner
First port of register
Registration date
Pacific Steam Navigation Co., Liverpool
Liverpool
Other names
Subsequent owner and registration history
Vessel history
Remarks
End year
Fate / Status
1889
Sank 15/04/1889
Disposal Detail
08/04/1889 collided with the German OLYMPIA in the Straits of Magellan and was beached. Refloated but struck a rock and sank in Smyth Channel on 15/04/1889, on passage Liverpool for Valparaiso.
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