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Name: ALEXANDRIA
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 22/11/1900
Completed: 12/1900
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 748
Dimensions: 5692grt, 3646nrt, 452.0 x 52.2 x 28.3ft
Engines: T3cyl (30, 50 & 81.5 x 54ins), 642nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a; (1917: 139196)
History:
12/1900 Hamburg-Amerika Linie, Hamburg
1914 Northern & Southern Steamship Co, San Francisco; renamed SACRAMENTO
05/02/1917 The Bay Steamship Co Ltd, London; renamed BAYRAMENTO
1921 Government of France, Brest; renamed PORT DE ST NAZAIRE
1922 Marius Valoussière, Marseille; renamed PYTHEAS
1930 Cie des Messageries Maritimes, Dunkerque; renamed KOUANG-SI
14/02/1936 Broken up
Comments: 14/02/1936: Arrived at Bo’ness for breaking up by P & W MacLellan Ltd


Above photo as ALEXANDRIA is courtesy of James Anderson. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return

Above photo as PYTHEAS is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as PYTHEAS is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as KOUANG-SI is courtesy of Photoship

Shields Daily Gazette, Saturday, 24/11/1900