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Name: ULYSSES
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 08/11/1870
Completed: 01/1871
Builder: Andrew Leslie & Co
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 130
Dimensions: 1989grt, 1521nrt, 312.0 x 33.6 x 25.5ft
Engines: C2cyl (27 & 58 x 45ins), 225nhp
Engines by: R Stephenson & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10 knots
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 63326
History:
16/01/1871 Ocean Steam Ship Co (A Holt & Co), Liverpool
17/08/1887 Wrecked
Comments: 17/08/1887: Wrecked on Jubal Sereea Island in the Gulf of Suez
On a voyage from London to Penang carrying general cargo
03/11/1887: Wreck was abandoned


Above photo of sister ship NESTOR is copyright of the National Maritime Museum

Lloyd's List, Saturday, 17/09/1887