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