Category:Potosi (ship, 1873)

Ship edit

• Type: Passenger / cargo steamship
• Built by: John Elder & Co., Govan, Fairfield Yard
• Yard No: 157
• Keel laid:
• Launched: 1873.05.14
• Completed: 1873
• Length over all: 421 ft 6 in
• Beam: 43 ft 3 in
• GT: 4218
• DWT:
• www.clydeships.co.uk
• passengers.history.sa.gov.au
• www.red-duster.co.uk
• www.theshipslist.com

Also source: Miramar Ship Index

History edit

• 1873 Named Potosi; Flag: United Kingdom
  • Official number: 69278
  • Call sign: MBTL
  • Port: Liverpool
  • Owner: Pacific Steam Navigation Company, Liverpool
• 1880 Chartered to Orient Steam Navigation Co.Ltd
• 1885 Returned to Pacific Steam Navigation Company
• 1897.07 Scrapped in Genoa