SS Asiatic (1870)
 Asiatic's sister ship, Federico late in her career
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name |
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| Owner |
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| Builder | Thomas Royden & Sons, Liverpool |
| Launched | 1 December 1871 |
| Completed | March 1872 |
| Fate | Sold 1896 |
 France | |
| Name | SS Ambriz |
| Owner | Cie. Française Charbonnage et de la Batelage |
| Acquired | 1896 |
| Fate | Wrecked February 1903 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 326 ft 5 in (99.49 m) |
| Beam | 35 ft 2 in (10.72 m) |
| Depth | 25 ft 7 in (7.80 m)[2] |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Capacity | 10 × 1st-class passengers |
SS Asiatic (sometimes operated as the RMS Asiatic) was a steamship operated by the White Star Line from 1871 to 1873, a sister ship to Tropic. Sold off after only two years, she was renamed SS Ambriz, and eventually was wrecked in 1903.
Ship history
Asiatic was built as a passenger-
Calcutta, India, trade, but transferred to the South American route in July 1872. From February 1873, she sailed to South America for the White Star Line. None of these enterprises proved profitable, and following the loss of the Atlantic in April 1873, the ship was sold to the African Steamship Company to raise additional capital.[1]
Renamed Ambriz, she operated on the
New Orleans cotton
route.
Ambriz was sold in 1895 to Hutton & Co. of Liverpool, but was sold again in 1896 to the Cie Française de Charbonnage et de la Batelage ("French Coaling & Shipping Company"), for which she served as a coal depot ship, regularly sailing from her base at Madagascar to Europe to replenish her coal supply. She was wrecked off the coast of Madagascar in February 1903.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Leduc, Martin (2012). "White Star Liners" (PDF). Martin's Marine Engineering Page. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
- ^ a b c "The History of Elder Dempster" (PDF). rakaia.co.uk. 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
- ^ https://www.crewlist.org.uk/data/appropriation?officialnumber=65894
- ^ "Latest News". Belfast News-Letter. No. 18835. Belfast. 7 December 1875.
- ^ https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Elder_Dempster/Ab9IAAAAYAAJ?hl
- ^ The London Gazette. T. Neuman. 2 March 1883.
External links
- "SS Asiatic". titanic-whitestarships.com. 2007.
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