SS Aleppo

SS Aleppo was a British passenger cargo vessel, launched on 1 November 1864, measuring 292.5 feet by 38.2 feet, 2,057 gross tonnage, built in Glasgow by J & G Thomson Govan.[1] Its first North Atlantic voyage from Liverpool to Halifax to New York City launched on 15 September 1865. The Aleppo contained accommodations for 46 first class and 593 third class passengers. The ship was commissioned for the British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Co, Liverpool and transferred to the Cunard Line on 7 September 1878.

In 1880, the ship was fitted with compound engines and in 1890, the SS Aleppo was re-engined with triple-expansion engines by J. Howden & Co. The ship made its last North Atlantic voyage from Liverpool to Boston on 24 March 1892. In 1905, the SS Aleppo was broken up at Preston by Thos W Ward. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Cunard-owned Clydebuilt Ships, ss ALEPPO". Cunard-owned Clydebuilt Ships. 14 March 2015.
  2. ↑ Bonsor, N.R.P. (1975). North Atlantic Seaway. Arco Publishing Company; Revised edition. p. 148. ISBN 0668036796.
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