SS Ismailia (1870)
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom |
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| Name: | Ismailia |
| Operator: | Anchor Line |
| Port of registry: | Glasgow |
| Builder: | Robert Duncan & Co., Port Glasgow |
| Yard number: | 55 |
| Launched: | 30 June 1870 |
| Fate: | Disappeared after October 1873 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type: | Cargo/passenger steamship |
| Tonnage: | |
| Length: | 300 ft 6 in (91.59 m) |
| Beam: | 33 ft 2 in (10.11 m) |
| Depth: | 29 ft 4 in (8.94 m) |
| Propulsion: | 1 × 424 nhp steam engine |
SS Ismailia was a British cargo and passenger ship of the Anchor Line which disappeared in the Atlantic Ocean in 1873.
Ship history
The ship was built by the Robert Duncan & Co. shipyard in Port Glasgow, and was launched on 30 June 1870.[1]
She sailed from New York City on 30 September 1873[2] carrying wheat and general cargo, with 52 people (44 crew and 8 passengers) aboard, en route for Glasgow.[1] She was seen on 2 October,[3] but then disappeared, and was never seen again.[1]
