BRUXELLESVILLE / ALEXANDRA WOERMANN / CALYPSO

BUILT IN 1898 BY RAYLTON DIXON & CO IN MIDDLESBOROUGH, AND LAUNCHED AS THE ' BRUXELLESVILLE' FOR SOC.MARITIME DU CONGO, FROM  ANTWERP. IN 1900 SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO ELDER DEMPSTERS. IN 1901 SHE WAS SOLD TO THE WOERMANN LINE AND RE-NAMED 'ALEXANDRA WOERMANN, AND USED ON THEIR GERMANY TO WEST AFRICA RUN. AFTER WORLD WAR ONE SHE WAS GIVEN TO BRITAIN AS WAR COMPENSATION AND PLACED UNDER WHITE STAR LINE MANAGEMENT. IN 1920 SHE WAS SOLD TO THE ELLERMAN WILSON LINE AND RE-NAMED 'CALPSO'. SHE WAS SCRAPPED IN BELGIUM IN 1936.THE ABOVE IMAGE SHOWS HER WITH TWO FUNNELS, AT ONE STAGE SHE HAD ONLY ONE, THE OTHER BEING RE-MOVED POSSIBLE AROUND 1920 WHEN SHE BECAME ELLERMAN WILSON'S 'CALYPSO.