SS Aeon (1905)
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Name | Aeon |
Owner | Howard Smith & Company, Melbourne, Australia |
Port of registry | London |
Builder | Northumberland Shipbuilding Company, Howdon-on-Tyne[1] |
Launched | 20 April 1905 |
Completed | 1905 |
Fate | Wrecked 18 July 1908 |
General characteristics | |
Length | 109.8 metres (360 ft) |
Beam | 14.6 metres (48 ft) |
Depth | 6.6 metres (22 ft) |
Aeon was a 4,221-ton steamship built by Northumberland Shipbuilding Company, Howdon-on-Tyne for Howard Smith and Company, Melbourne in 1905.[2]
Fate[]
Aeon was wrecked on 18 July 1908 near Christmas Island (now Kiritimati), while on a voyage from San Francisco to Sydney.[3]
Notes[]
- ^ "SS Aeon (1905)". www.tynebuiltships.com. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "New Steamship Aeon, Examiner (Launceston, Tas), Thursday 21 September 1905, p.4". Retrieved 1 March 2012.
- ^ "The Aeon a Hopeless Wreck, The Sydney Morning Herald, Friday 9 October 1908, p.8". Retrieved 1 March 2012.
Categories:
- 1905 ships
- Ships built on the River Tyne
- Maritime incidents in 1908
- Shipwrecks in the Pacific Ocean
- Individual ship or boat stubs