SS Java (1865)
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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 GT |
| Length | 337.1 ft (102.7 m) |
| Beam | 42.9 ft (13.1 m) |
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. 1877 it 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.
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 July 13th and sunk shortly thereafter.[1][2]
References
- ^ "LOSS OF THE LORD SPENCER.; Owners Believe It Was the Vessel Which Sank the Prince Oscar". The New York Times. 10 November 1895.
- ^ "Java, Cunard Line". Norway Heritage.
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