SS Essex
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History | |
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Name | SS Essex |
Owner | Federal Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London |
Builder | John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank |
Yard number | 354 |
Launched | 1 Nov 1902 |
Completed | 16 Dec 1902 |
In service | 1903 |
Out of service | 1932 |
Fate | broken up |
General characteristics | |
Type | Passenger / Cargo Refrigerated |
Tonnage | 7,016 tons |
Length | 460.4 ft |
Beam | 58.2 ft |
Depth | 31.2 ft |
Remarks
Little is known about this ship other than she returned troops to Australia in 1919.
In 1927 she was sold to Compagnie Internationale de Commerce et d'Armement in Antwerp.