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Name: TRITON
Type: Passenger Ship
Launched: 21/03/1894
Completed: 07/1894
Builder: Scotswood Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Scotswood
Yard Number: 4
Dimensions: 1915grt, 1451nrt, 292.0, 36.0, 29.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (30, 49 & 75 x 84ins), 2262ihp, 515nhp
Engines by: A & J Inglis, Glasgow
Propulsion: Paddle, 15.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
05/1894 Mesagerias Fluviales del Plata, Montevideo
1901 N Mihanovich, Montevideo
1907 Nav a Vap N Mihanovich, Montevideo
1908 Cia Argentina de Nav (Nicolas Mihanovich), Montevideo
No further history known
Comments: 07/1894: A fire amost completely destroyed the yard, however
TRITON had already been launched & was untouched.
She was sent to an unspecified west coast yard for completion.
06/1943: Converted to a barge