Category:Stad Middelburg (ship, 1865)

Ship

• Built by: Jones, Quigguin & Co., Liverpool.
• Yard nr.:
• Loa. 83.54 m
• Beam: 10.09 m
• Draught: 4.12 m
• Gt. 1816t
• net. 906t
• dwt. t
• Engine: One low pressure osc. 2 cylinder J. Jack & Co. steam engine, 1 screw, 1600 hp,
• Speed 13 kn.
• Pass. capacity: 200 passengers in 2 classes, 150 1st class, 50 2nd class..

History

• 1865 Named: Midland delivered to Richard Jones Egremond, Chester.
• 1872 Sold to Charles Lloyd Norman, London.
• 1874 Sold to Peter Lindsay Henderson, London, used as American Civil War blockade runner. Renamed: Southern
• 1875 Sold to Stoomvaart Mij. Zeeland for £18.000, rebuild in Amsterdam. Renamed: Stad Middelburg Flag: Netherlands.
• 1875 First trip in night-service Vlissingen-Sheerness v.v.
• 1875 Service Vlissingen-Sheerness stopped, laid up.
• 1876 Night-service Vlissingen-Queensborough v.v..
• 1880 Converted and back in service.
• 1881 Renamed: Aurora, out of service and laid up in Vlissingen as spare ship.
• 1885 Used as coal storage.
• 1889 Sold and scrapped in Vlissingen