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'ATHENIAN'

Built by:Smith & Rodger, Govan.
Yard:Middleton.
Yard No.:38
Launched:11th July 1854
Tonnage:1,107
Length:241' 2"
Breadth:29' 4"
Depth:20' 0"
Machinery:200hp 8 knots Steam 2cyl. Single Screw.
Decks:
Built of:Iron.
Type:Screw Steamer. Passenger Cargo Vessel.
Registered:16th August 1854. Glasgow
Official No.:16872
Other info:Built for Lewis Potter & Co., Glasgow.
History:1858 Owned by African Steam Ship Co.
27th September 1858. Sailed from Liverpool for the West Coast of Africa with 48 passengers.
29th November 1861. Sailed from Cameroons.
30th November 1861. Sailed from Fernando Po.
3rd December 1861. Sailed from Old Calabar.
7th December 1861. Sailed from Brass River and Nunn, arrived and sailed from Bonny.
8th December 1861. Sailed from Benin.
10th December 1861. Sailed from Lagos.
12th December 1861. Sailed from Accra.
14th December 1861. Sailed from Cape Coast Castle.
16th December 1861. Sailed from Cape Palmas.
21st December 1861. Sailed from Sierra Leone.
25th December 1861. Sailed from Bathurst.
30th December 1861. Sailed from Tenerife.
1st January 1862. Sailed from Madeira.
9th January 1862. Arrived at Liverpool with 2,200 ounces gold dust and 25 passengers.
24th October 1862. Sailed from Benin.
25th October 1862. Sailed from Nunn.
28th October 1862. Sailed from Fernando Po.
30th October 1862. Sailed from Cameroons.
2nd November 1862. Sailed from Old Calabar.
3rd November 1862. Sailed from Brass River.
6th November 1862. Sailed from Bonny.
10th November 1862. Sailed from Lagos.
12th November 1862. Sailed from Accra.
14th November 1862. Sailed from Cape Coast Castle.
16th November 1862. Sailed from Cape Palmas.
21st November 1862. Sailed from Sierra Leone.
25th November 1862. Sailed from Bathurst.
2nd December 1862. Sailed from Tenerife.
4th December 1862. Sailed from Madeira.
14th December 1862. Arrived at Liverpool with 32 passengers, 1,031 ozs gold dust, £1,284 in specie, 400 bales cotton, and a good general cargo.
1st November 1865. Arrived and sailed from Madeira for Africa. Captain Griffiths.
8th March 1867. Passed the ‘Calabar’ twenty miles eastward of Cape St. Paul.
9th September 1867. Sailed from Cameroons.
13th September 1867. Sailed from Old Calabar and Fernando Po.
16th September 1867. Sailed from Bonny.
17th September 1867. Sailed from Benin.
19th September 1867. Sailed from Lagos.
21st September 1867. Sailed from Accra.
24th September 1867. Sailed from Cape Palmas.
28th September 1867. Sailed from Sierra Leone.
5th October 1867. Sailed from Teneriffe.
7th October 1867. Sailed from Madeira.
15th October 1867. Arrived at Liverpool, Captain J. W. Davis, with 7 passengers and a full cargo.
5th December 1867. Sailed from Accra for Lagos.
11th May 1869. Sailed from Liverpool for the West Coast of Africa.
1871. Sold to Henry Ellis. Leamington.
1872. Sold to Leyland Line and rebuilt and renamed ‘Caroline’.
1873. Engine removed. Sailing barque.
1887. Sold to W. Ross, London.
1888. Sold to A. E. Kinnear & Co, London.
1889. Sold to M. N. Fischer, Vejle (Denmark). Renamed ‘Olga’.
1895. Sold to C. P. Holm, Nordby.
1896. Sold to South East Africa Transport Co. Ltd.
November 1896. Hulked at Beira.


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