| Name: | ASTRAEA | 
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship | 
| Launched: | 20/08/1891 | 
| Completed: | 09/10/1891 | 
| Builder: | Wigham Richardson & Co | 
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker | 
| Yard Number: | 268 | 
| Dimensions: | 1136grt, 649nrt, 1046dwt, 220.0 x 32.0 x 12.7ft | 
| Engines: | T3cyl (23, 37 & 60 x 39ins), 220nhp | 
| Engines by: | Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker | 
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.8knots (trials) | 
| Construction: | Steel | 
| Reg Number: | n/a | 
| History: | |
| 09/10/1891 | Finska Angfartygs A/B (L Krogius, manager), Helsingfors | 
| 20/02/1930 | HA Elfving, Hanko, Finland | 
| 18/06/1934 | Elfvingin Kalastuslaivue Oy - Elfving's Fiskeflotta Ab, Hanko | 
| 10/1936 | Broken up | 
| Comments: | Accommodation for 20 x 1st Class, 14 x 2nd Class & 16 x 3rd Class passengers | 
| Contract price £22525-19-4d; Profit £635-0-8d. | |
| 20/02/1930: Converted to a mother ship for fishing vessels for Islandic waters | |
| 10/1936: Broken up at Sunderland by Thomas Young | 

Above photo courtesy of Richard Cox

Above photo copyright of Kai Ekbomin