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British and French ocean liner built in 1865 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
SS Java was a British and French ocean liner built in 1865 at Glasgow by J. G. Thompson & Co. It served for the Cunard Line. One passenger, the musician Philo Adams Otis, noted:[1]
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Launched | 24 June 1865 |
Maiden voyage | Liverpool-Queenstown–New York, 21 October 1865 |
Fate | Missing on way San Francisco-New York, 1895 |
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Tonnage | 2,696 GRT |
Length | 337.1 ft (102.7 m) |
Beam | 42.9 ft (13.1 m) |
In 1877, the ship was re-engined with compound engines by Fawcett, Preston & Co., Liverpool, and chartered to Warren Line, until it had been sold to Red Star Line one year later and renamed to SS Zeeland.[2]
In 1889, it was sold to a French company and renamed the Electrique. In 1892 it was sold again to J. Herron & Co of Liverpool and again renamed the Lord Spencer. During an 1895 voyage from San Francisco to New York it went missing. One account claimed it collided with the Prince Oscar on 13 July and sunk shortly thereafter.[2][3]
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