SS Aeolus (1884)
SS Aeolus was a Swedish coastal freighter built in 1884 and wrecked in 1927.
History
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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
[edit]- ^ Stockholms Auktionsverk Online (in Swedish, retrieved 12 September 2015)
- ^ Stockholms Auktionsverk Online (in Swedish, retrieved 12 September 2015)
- ^ "Fires in several steamers". The Times. No. 44242. London. 10 April 1926. col B, p. 19.
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