Name: | WEGA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 05/10/1872 |
Completed: | 1873 |
Builder: | C Mitchell & Co |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 273 |
Dimensions: | 940grt, 545nrt, 224.4 x 29.6 x 17.2ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (32 & 60 x 33ins), 172nhp |
Engines by: | Thompson, Boyd & Co, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
1872 | T Hayn, Hamburg |
1874 | FG Schmidt, Hamburg |
1881 | A Kirsten, Hamburg |
1899 | Nav Orientale (P Pantaleon), Piraeus: renamed ATHINAI |
30/08/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 30/08/1917: Sank after being captured and shelled by U-Boat UC74 |
in the Kassos Strait, SE of Cape Sidero. |