Category:Matteawan (ship, 1893)

Ship edit

• Type: General cargo steamship
• Built by: John Readhead & Sons, West Yard, South Shields
• Yard No: 291
• Keel laid:
• Launched: 1893.08.29
• Completed: 1893.10
• Length over all: 336.0 ft
• Beam: 42.0 ft
• GT: 3301
• DWT:
• www.tynebuiltships.co.uk
• www.spanamwar.com
• www.topfoto.co.uk

History edit

• 1893 Named Asturian Prince; Flag: United Kingdom
  • Official number: 101844
  • Signal letters: NFHT
  • Port: Newcastle
  • Owner: Prince Steam Shipping Co Ltd.
• 1895.06.02 Wrecked on Curacao
• 1985.10.07 Refloated and sold
• 1895 Renamed Matteawan; Flag: United States
  • Official number: 92700
  • Signal letters: KMQG
  • Port: New York
  • Owner: Miami Steamship Co Inc
• 1898 Requisitioned as army troop ship
• 1900 Owner: Saginaw Steel Steamship Co
  • Port: New York
• 1901.12 Disappeared during trip from Nanaimo, British Columbia, to San Franciso