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Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
KATOOMBA |
115757 |
GBR |
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Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
1903 |
17/02/1903 |
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Vessel type |
Vessel description
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Yacht
| Steel Screw Steamer |
Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Troon |
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112 |
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Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
646 grt / 213 nrt / 706 tm |
205.2 ft |
28.5 ft |
15.5 ft |
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Engine builder |
Dunsmuir & Jackson Ltd., Govan |
Engine detail |
T4cyl (18, 29 & (2)32 - 27in) 164nhp 200lb, 1-screw. |
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First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
Kenneth M Clark, Paisley. |
Glasgow |
29/04/1903 |
Other names |
1904 SALVATOR - 1924 KATOOMBA - 1924 SAYONARA - 1930 HELIOPOLIS |
Subsequent owner and registration history |
1904 Madame Heriot, Rouen 1908 Madame R Douine, Rouen 1910 F H de St Senoch, Le Havre 1924 Anthony J Drexel, Philadelphia 1930 Baron Empain, Brussels - reg Antwerp 1947 Typaldos Brothers Steamship Co. Ltd., Piraeus |
Vessel history |
3/1915-02/1919 Royal Navy service as auxiliary patrol vessel 3/1940 The Admiralty, London as Fleet Air Arm target
1947 converted for commercial passengerservice |
Remarks |
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End year |
Fate / Status |
1960 |
Broken Up |
Disposal Detail |
8/1960 broken up at Piraeus. |
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Sayonara
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HMS Heliopolis
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HMS Heliopolis
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