| SS Aeon (1905) | |
|---|---|
| Career (UK) |  |
| Name: | Aeon |
| Owner: | Howard Smith & Company, Melbourne |
| Port of registry: | London |
| Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Company, Howdon-on-Tyne |
| Completed: | 1905 |
| Fate: | Wrecked in 1908 |
| General characteristics | |
| Length: | 109.8 metres (360 ft) |
| Beam: | 14.6 metres (48 ft) |
| Depth: | 6.6 metres (22 ft) |
Aeon was a 4,221-ton steamship built by Northumberland Shipbuilding Company, Howdon-on-Tyne for Howard Smith and Company, Melbourne in 1905.[1]
Fate[]
Aeon was wrecked on 18 July 1908 near Christmas Island (now Kiritimati), while on a voyage from San Francisco to Sydney.[2]
Notes[]
- ↑ "New Steamship Aeon, Examiner (Launceston, Tas), Thursday 21 September 1905, p.4.". http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/38800306. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
- ↑ "The Aeon a Hopeless Wreck, The Sydney Morning Herald, Friday 9 October 1908, p.8.". http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/15007326. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
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