SS Aeolus (1884)

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SS Aeolus was a Swedish coastal freighter built in 1884 and wrecked in 1927.

History

Cutaway and deck plan drawing of Aeolus from the Swedish Maritime Museum.

Ordered by Rederi AB Svea, Aeolus was built by Lindholmens Mechanical Workshop in Gothenburg.[1] She was powered by a coal-burning reciprocating steam engine.

Aeolus operated mostly in the Baltic Sea, mainly between Stockholm, Copenhagen, Lübeck, and Riga.[2]

Aeolus was severely damaged by fire at Stockholm on 9 April 1926.[3]

She was broken up in 1956.

Notes

  1. ^ Stockholms Auktionsverk Online (in Swedish, retrieved 12 September 2015)
  2. ^ Stockholms Auktionsverk Online (in Swedish, retrieved 12 September 2015)
  3. ^ "Fires in several steamers". The Times. No. 44242. London. 10 April 1926. col B, p. 19. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
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