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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| AFRICA |
1821 |
GBR |
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| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1850 |
28/06/1850 |
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| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Passenger / Cargo
| Wood Paddle Steamer |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| Robert Steele & Co., Greenock |
Rue End |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| 2227 grt / 1216 nrt / |
265.2 ft |
37.2 ft |
27.2 ft |
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| Engine builder |
Robert Napier & Sons, Govan |
| Engine detail |
2cyl side lever. 814 nhp.
Engine 1010 tons. Napier No.127 |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| The British & North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, Glasgow |
Glasgow |
17/09/1850 |
| Other names |
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| Subsequent owner and registration history |
07/1867 (re-styled) The British & North American Steam Packet Company
01/1868 J. & G.Thomson, Govan (part exchange for SAMARIA).
07/1868 H. Moore, Glasgow |
| Vessel history |
13/10/1850 Builder's certificate
26/10/1850 Maiden voyage.
Engine 1010 tons 814nhp eng Napier NO. 127. |
| Remarks |
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| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1869 |
Register Closed 23/09/1869 |
| Disposal Detail |
| Register closed after being broken up. |
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Cunard United States Mail Steamer Africa
Image courtesy of : Illustrated London News - Jan 1851
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