 Asiatic's sister ship, Federico late in her career | |
| 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 | SSAmbriz |
| 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 | 12knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Capacity | 10 × 1st-class passengers |
SSAsiatic was a steamship operated by theWhite Star Line from 1871 to 1873, a sister ship toTropic. Sold off after only two years, she was renamedSSAmbriz, and eventually was wrecked in 1903.
Asiatic was built as a passenger-cargo ship during the transition from sail to steam power, so she was fitted with three fully riggedmasts in addition to her two-cylindercompound steam engine manufactured byLaird Brothers ofBirkenhead,England. In addition to cargo, she could carry up to 10 passengers. She waslaunched byThomas Royden & Sons ofLiverpool on 1 December 1871, and theWhite Star Line bought her prior to her launching. She was registered on November 4 1871, and completed in March 1872.[3] She operated first in theCalcutta,India, trade, but transferred to theSouth 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 theAtlantic in April 1873, the ship was sold to theAfrican Steamship Company to raise additional capital.[1]
RenamedAmbriz, she operated on theWest African route from September 1873.[1] In November or December 1875, she rescued the crew of the BritishbarqueEagle, which foundered in the Atlantic Ocean.[4]Ambriz grounded in theRiver Elbe on February 18 1880, and had her stern-post repaired.[5] She later struck a submerged rock in 1882, but was repaired and returned to service.[6] In December 1883, she was refitted and re-engined, and from 1894 she served on the Liverpool–New Orleanscotton route.
Ambriz was sold in 1895 to Hutton & Co. of Liverpool, but was sold again in 1896 to theCie Française de Charbonnage et de la Batelage ("French Coaling & Shipping Company"), for which she served as acoaldepot ship, regularly sailing from her base atMadagascar toEurope to replenish her coal supply. She was wrecked off the coast of Madagascar in February 1903.[1]
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1903 | |
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