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Name: ARCADIA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 15/04/1899
Completed: 06/1899
Builder: John Readhead & Sons
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 339
Dimensions: 3098grt, 1966nrt, 323.0 x 47.1 x 22.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (24, 40 & 64 x 42ins), 278nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
06/1899 L Cossovich, Trieste
1902 Arcadia SS Co (L Kosovic & D Tripcovich), Trieste
1919 Soc Anon di Nav, Rimorchi e Salvataggi (D Tripcovich), Trieste
1927 GA Georgandis, Piraeus; renamed ANGELIKI
1936 Georgandis Brothers, Piraeus
1936 Broken up
Comments: 29/11/1936: Stranded off St Nazaire, subsequently refloated
On a voyage from Mariupol to Rouen with a cargo of anthracite
1936: Broken up in Belgium