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NINEVEH / ALDENHAM / LARNE

BUILT IN 1894 IN GLASGOW BY NAPIER & SONS. SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 3,808 TONS WITH A SINGLE SCREW STEAM ENGINE GIVING HER A SPEED OF 13 KNOTS.

SHE DID HER MAIDEN VOYAGE FROM LONDON TO AUSTRALIA.

IN 1894 SHE HAD ELECTRICITY FITTED, ALSO REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT.

 IN 1907 SHE WAS SOLD TO THE EASTERN  AUSTRALIAN STEAMSHIP CO ( LONDON )  AND RE-NAMED ALDENHAM.

IN 1916 SHE WAS SOLD TO THE ROYAL MAIL MEAT TRANSPORT CO AND RE-NAMED LARNE.

 THE FOLLOWING YEAR SHE WAS REPORTED AS BEING OWNED BY THE ZUBARAN STEAMSHIP CO ( NO NAME CHANGE )

SHE WAS BROKEN UP IN WILHELMSHAVEN IN 1923.

 

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