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Booth Line's S.S. "Augustine" 2 |
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Built: |
Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd,
Glasgow |
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Dimensions: |
359.6 x 43.8 x 29.1 feet |
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Tonnage: |
Gross:
3849 Net: 2234 |
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Propulsion: |
Single screw, two cylinder steam engine
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550 nhp, 12 kts
by builder |
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Type: |
Passenger/Cargo Liner |
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Completed: |
12/1879 as Grantully Castle
for Donald Currie's Castle Mail Packet Co. and
placed on Southampton-Capetown service in January 1880 |
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Refitted: |
1888 with refrigeration machinery with a capacity of 30 tons, mostly for
grapes
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Purchased: |
1896 by Booth Steamship Co. Ltd, and renamed Augustine |
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First sailing: |
10/01/1896 for the Amazon |
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Rescued: |
2/10/1904 crew of the sinking Clementine, 24 miles off Ushant
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Sold: |
08/1912 to Harris & Co. Ltd.,
Falmouth for £8,250 and scrapped |
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Booth Line postcard of R.M.S. Augustine - Fraser Darrah Collection |
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The second ship to bear the name Augustine,
her predecessor being the first ship in the company in 1865 |
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Map of
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