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Name: ACME
Type: Cargo ship
Launched: 19/07/1893
Completed: 09/1893
Builder: William Dobson & Co
Yard: Walker
Yard Number: 53
Dimensions: 2280grt, 1460nrt, 280.5 x 38.1 x 16.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (21, 35 & 57 x 39ins), 206nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 102797
History:
09/1893 Acme SteamShip Co Ltd (Newman & Dale), London
1900 Newman & Dale SS Co Ltd, London
1902 Diacakis, Calvocoressis, Trofimoff & Co, Piraeus; renamed IOANNIS
1905 J Diacakis & Co, Piraeus
1911 DM Ciacakis, Piraeus
03/06/1913 Sank
Comments: 03/06/1913: Foundered off Garrucha