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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.