SMYRNA

SMYRNA WAS A IRON SHIP OF 1,372 TONS BUILT IN 1876 BY WALTER HOOD & SONS AT ABEEDEEN SHE WAS  OWNED BY THE ABERDEEN WHITE STAR LINE ( GEORGE THOMPSON & CO )

19TH AUGUST 1878 SHE COMPLETED A VOYAGE FROM LONDON TO SYDNEY IN 140 DAYS WITH CAPTAIN R JAMERSON COMMANDING

 ON 28TH APRIL 1888 OFF THE ISLE OF WIGHT, OUTWARD BOUND FOR SYDNEY, SHE WAS IN COLLISION WITH THE MOTO AND SANK. ALL OF HER   CREW WERE DROWNED.

SMYRNA / DURHAM

 SMYRNA / DURHAM BUILT IN 1863 BY ANDREWS LESLIOE & CO SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 1,793/1,625 TONS.

19TH DECEMBER 1867 ABANDONED IN THE NORTH SEA, LATER FOUND AND  RE BOARDED

SHE WAS RENAMED DURHAM IN IN 1871

ON 19TH NOVEMBER 1895 SHE SANK OF GREENHITHE HAVING BEEN IN COLLISION WITH THE SS DUNGENESS