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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| AFRICAN |
68814 |
GBR |
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| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1873 |
31/12/1872 |
01/1873 |
| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Passenger / Cargo
| Iron Screw Steamer |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| John Key & Sons, Kinghorn |
Abden Shipyard |
15 |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| 2019 grt / 1258 nrt / |
315.7 ft |
34.3 ft |
24.1 ft |
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| Engine builder |
John Key & Sons, Kirkcaldy |
| Engine detail |
C2cyl (38, 70 x 48in) 280nhp, 1-screw
Engine No.140 |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| Union Steamship Co., Southampton |
Southampton |
04/03/1873 |
| Other names |
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| Subsequent owner and registration history |
1883 J Japp, Liverpool and J M Kirby, London
1884 J Japp, Liverpool and J M Kirby & F Stumore, London |
| Vessel history |
For Southampton-South Africa mail service
1881 on South African coastal service |
| Remarks |
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| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1987 |
Stranded 15/02/1887 |
| Disposal Detail |
15/02/1887 stranded off Abu Madaff Reef, 42 miles north of Jeddah, on passage Cardiff for Jeddah with coal
22/02/1887 broke in two. |
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