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Name: TAFNA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 13/03/1880
Completed: 1880
Builder: Schlesinger, Davis & Co
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 106
Dimensions: 1617grt, 912nrt, 253.0 x 33.2 x 16.9ft
Engines: C2cyl (32 & 62 x 42ins), 178nhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: n/a
History:
1880 J Mesnier, Le Havre
1882 Cie Maritime du Pacifique, Le Havre
1894 E Grosos, Le Havre
1898 Cie Havraise Péninsulaire de Nav à Vapeur, Le Havre
1899 Psaroudas, Rassoyiannis & Pappageorgacopoulos, Piraeus
1899 Renamed ACROPOLIS
1907 Broken up
Comments: 21/01/1907: Stranded near Kilyos in the Black Sea
Subsequently refloated but not repaired
1907: Broken up at Genoa


Marine Engineer, June 1880