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SS Aeolus (1884)

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SSAeoluswas a Swedish coastal freighter built in 1884 and wrecked in 1927.

History

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Cutaway and deck plan drawing ofAeolusfrom the Swedish Maritime Museum.

Ordered byRederi AB Svea,Aeoluswas built byLindholmens Mechanical WorkshopinGothenburg.[1]She was powered by a coal-burningreciprocatingsteam engine.

Aeolusoperated mostly in theBaltic Sea,mainly betweenStockholm,Copenhagen,Lübeck,andRiga.[2]

Aeoluswas severely damaged by fire at Stockholm on 9 April 1926.[3]

She wasbroken upin 1956.

Notes

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  1. ^Stockholms Auktionsverk Online(in Swedish, retrieved 12 September 2015)
  2. ^Stockholms Auktionsverk Online(in Swedish, retrieved 12 September 2015)
  3. ^"Fires in several steamers".The Times.No. 44242. London. 10 April 1926. col B, p. 19.