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