Name: | ATLANTIAN |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 27/06/1899 |
Completed: | 1899 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 687 |
Dimensions: | 9355grt, 6176nrt, 482.0 x 57.3 x 32.8ft |
Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (21, 35 & 58 x 48ins), 701nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 13.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 110611 |
History: | |
1899 | West India & Pacific Steam Ship Co Ltd, Liverpool |
1900 | Fred Leyland & Co (1900) Ltd, Liverpool |
25/06/1918 | Sank |
Comments: | 25/06/1918: Torpedoed and sunk by U-Boat U86 when |
110 miles N by W of Eagle Island at 55.44N – 13.27W | |
On a voyage from Galveston to Liverpool with a cargo of cotton |
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