Name: | IXIA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 08/10/1881 |
Completed: | 11/1881 |
Builder: | Tyne lron Shipbuilding Co |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 35 |
Dimensions: | 1970grt, 1254nrt, 287.0 x 37.0 x 21.9ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (33 & 63 x 39ins), 180nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 84858 |
History: | |
16/11/1881 | Joseph Robinson & Co, North Shields |
1883 | J Robinson & Sons, North Shields |
14/10/1895 | Transferred to Stag Line Ltd, North Shields |
1916 | Tres Ltd (Houlder, Middleton & Co Ltd, managers), North Shields |
1917 | Renamed SAGUA |
1921 | United States Food Products Corp, USA |
1922 | Sagua Corporation, (CD Mallory & Co, managers), Dominica |
1923 | Macoris SS Corporation, Dominica |
1930 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1881: Cost £27,900 |
1912: Converted to a molasses tanker |
Above photo is courtesy of Clive Ketley