SS Aeolus (1884)
Appearance
SSAeoluswas a Swedish coastal freighter built in 1884 and wrecked in 1927.
History
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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
[edit]- ^Stockholms Auktionsverk Online(in Swedish, retrieved 12 September 2015)
- ^Stockholms Auktionsverk Online(in Swedish, retrieved 12 September 2015)
- ^"Fires in several steamers".The Times.No. 44242. London. 10 April 1926. col B, p. 19.