Category:Venus (ship, 1877)

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Ship

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  • Type: Passenger cargo ship, later reefer
  • Built by: C. Mitchell & Co., Low Walker, Newcastle, England
  • Yard No: 345
  • Keel laid:
  • Launched: 1877.04.28
  • Completed: 1877.06.22
  • Length over all: 314.6 ft
  • Beam: 36.1 ft
  • GT: 2273
  • skipshistorie.net
  • www.tynebuiltships.co.uk

History

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  • 1877 Named Santos; Flag: Germany
    • Call sign: MCGL
    • Port: Hamburg
    • Owner: Hamburg-Südamerika Dampfschiffs- Ges., Hamburg, Germany
  • 1897 Renamed Venus; Flag: Denmark
    • Owner: A/S D/S Urania (A. Christensen), Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 1902 Flag: Norway
    • Port: Bergen
    • Owner: A/S D/S Venus (S. L. Christie), Bergen
  • 1903 Flag: United States
    • Converted to reefer (first of its kind) at Cramp’s Shipyard, Philadelphia, PA
    • Owner: Weinberger Banana Corp., Galveston, TX, USA
  • 1906 Flag: Belize
    • Owner: S. D’Antoni (Vaccaro Bros. Steam Ship Co., New Orleans, LA, USA), Belize
  • 1907 Sold to W. A. Powell (Vaccaro Bros. Steam Ship Co., New Orleans), Belize
  • 1909 Refrigeration equipment removed
  • 1913 Renamed Maximo Jurez
  • 1913 Scrapped in Philadelphia

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