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Name: CAPELLA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 16/12/1865
Completed: 1866
Builder: C Mitchell & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 136
Dimensions: 781grt, 587nrt, 224.5 x 29.5 x 16.9ft
Engines: 2cyl (43 & 43 x 30ins), 120hp; (1876: C2cyl (29 & 52 x 30ins), 120hp)
Engines by: Thompson, Boyd & Co, Newcastle; (1876: Reiherstag Schiff & Masch Fabrik, Hamburg)
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: n/a
History:
08/1867 Schiller Brothers & Co, Hamburg
1881 A Kirsten, Hamburg
1897 Naviera Orientale (P Panteleon), Pireaus; renamed BYZANTION
1930 Hellenic Coast Lines, Pireaus
02/12/1933 Sank
Comments: 16/12/1865: Launched without name
05/02/1867: Registered as NO 136 to Christopher D Barker
1876: Re-engined in Hamburg
02/12/1933: Sank in tow on way to the breakers