SS Ismailia (1870)
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Name | Ismailia |
Operator | Anchor Line |
Port of registry | Glasgow |
Builder | Robert Duncan & Co., Port Glasgow |
Yard number | 55 |
Launched | 30 June 1870 |
Fate | Disappeared after October 1873 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | Cargo/passenger steamship |
Tonnage | |
Length | 300 ft 6 in (91.59 m) |
Beam | 33 ft 2 in (10.11 m) |
Depth | 29 ft 4 in (8.94 m) |
Propulsion | 1 × 424 nhp steam engine |
SS Ismailia was a British cargo and passenger ship of the Anchor Line that disappeared in the Atlantic Ocean in 1873.
Ship history
[edit]The ship was built by the Robert Duncan & Co. shipyard in Port Glasgow, and launched on 30 June 1870.[1]
She sailed from New York City on 30 September 1873[2] carrying wheat and general cargo, with 52 people (44 crew and 8 passengers) aboard, en route for Glasgow.[1] She was seen on 2 October,[3] but then disappeared, and was never seen again.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "SS Ismailia". Clyde-built Ship Database. 2012. Archived from the original on 7 January 2006. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "North Atlantic passenger steamship losses 1841-1978". theshipslist.com. 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
- ^ "Ismailia, Anchor Line". norwayheritage.com. 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2012.