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Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
ALAGONIA |
102199 |
GBR |
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Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
1895 |
30/01/1895 |
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Vessel type |
Vessel description
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Cargo General
| Steel Screw Steamer |
Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
William Hamilton & Co., Port Glasgow |
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118 |
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Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
2699 grt / 1728 nrt / |
309.7 ft |
42.6 ft |
22.5 ft |
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Engine builder |
Rankin & Blackmore, Greenock |
Engine detail |
T3cyl (22½, 37 & 61 x 42in) 187nhp 1150ihp 9kn, 1-screw |
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First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
E. F. & W. Roberts, Liverpool and Melbourne |
Liverpool |
12/04/1895 |
Other names |
1898 LORD CURZON (intended) - 1903 ROS - 1916 GRO |
Subsequent owner and registration history |
1896 reg Melbourne 10/1898 The Alagonia Steamship Co Ltd - mng William Roberts, Liverpool 12/1898 John Herron, Liverpool 1/1899 Lord Curzon Steamship Co Ltd - mng John Herron & Co, Liverpool 11/1899 Palatine Shipping Co Ltd - mng Herbert Watson & Co, Liverpool 1903 Rederi A/B Union - mng G O Wallenberg, Stockholm 1916 D/S A/S Avenir - mng Biorn Biornstad & Co, Christiania (Oslo) |
Vessel history |
Intended name LORD CURZON not applied. 20/3/1895 sailed Clyde for Buenos Aires |
Remarks |
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End year |
Fate / Status |
1917 |
Torpedoed 22/08/1917 |
Disposal Detail |
Torpedoed by UC.47 when 5 miles ESE of Start Point on passage Glasgow for Rouen with coal. |
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Alagonia
Image courtesy of : Jack Coyle
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