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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| AFRICA |
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PRT |
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| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1875 |
20/04/1875 |
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| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Passenger Troop Transport
| Iron Screw Steamer |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| William Denny & Bros, Dumbarton |
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182 |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| 1463 grt / 902 nrt / |
271.0 ft |
33.2 ft |
22.5 ft |
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| Engine builder |
Denny & Company, Dumbarton |
| Engine detail |
| C2cyl (41 & 70 x 42in), 256nhp, 1 screw |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| Portuguese Government |
Lisbon |
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| Other names |
| 1912 AFRICA I |
| Subsequent owner and registration history |
| 1912 unknown owners |
| Vessel history |
Troop transport
07/1908 converted to a hospital hulk at Loanda, paid off 05/1911, sold 02/1912 |
| Remarks |
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| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1914 |
Burned 31/08/1914 |
| Disposal Detail |
| Burned and beached at Casablanca with a part cargo of cased petrol. |
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AFRICA
Image courtesy of : Illustrated London News
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