SS Ismailia (1870)

History
United Kingdom
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 which disappeared in the Atlantic Ocean in 1873.

Ship history

The ship was built by the Robert Duncan & Co. shipyard in Port Glasgow, and was 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

  1. 1 2 3 4 "SS Ismailia". Clyde-built Ship Database. 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  2. ↑ "North Atlantic passenger steamship losses 1841-1978". theshipslist.com. 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  3. ↑ "Ismailia, Anchor Line". norwayheritage.com. 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
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