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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| AFRICAN |
22938 |
GBR |
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| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1855 |
01/08/1855 |
10/09/1855 |
| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Passenger / Cargo
| Iron Screw Steamer |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| Smith & Rodger, Govan |
Middleton Yard |
43 |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| 1529 grt / 1040 nrt / |
281.0 ft |
34.4 ft |
30.4 ft |
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| Engine builder |
Smith & Rodger, Broomielaw, Glasgow |
| Engine detail |
250nhp 10kn 1-screw.
1870 re-engined by George Forrester & Co, Liverpool
C2cyl 36, 72 x 42" 250nhp |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| H Dixon & Co, Liverpool. |
Liverpool |
18/09/1855 |
| Other names |
| 1863 CITY OF LIMERICK |
| Subsequent owner and registration history |
1863 William Inman, Liverpool.
1880 W H Thomson (Centaur Line), Liverpool. |
| Vessel history |
1863 London-New York service.
1870 lengthened 2536grt 1724nrt, 331.1 x 34.4 x 22.9ft
1877 2536grt 1627nrt; 1881 2543grt 1989nrt |
| Remarks |
| In 1881, following her lengthening and addition of a spar deck, Thomson raised an action against the Board of Trade on the grounds of unjustified detention of his ship at Sunderland from 3 May to 11 June. The judgment was that the detention was justified, the vessel not being safe for the use intended. |
| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1882 |
Missing 08/01/1882 |
| Disposal Detail |
| Sailed New York 8/1/1882 for London, with cattle and general cargo, and disappeared with the 43 crew. |
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African artist Samuel Walters
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