AUSTERLITZ
Shipbuildervessel built by
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date29 June 1881
Object NameSCREW STEAMER
MediumIRON
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 261' x breadth 35 1/12' x depth 19 1/12'
Gross Tonnage: 1653 ton
Gross Tonnage: 1653 ton
Object numberABDSHIP001865
Keywords
Yard Number: 222
Official Number: 84334
Subsequent Name: MARIE PAULIG (1900)
Fate: wrecked S.W. of Benghazi harbour and beached, 2nd February 1904 .
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Screw steamer, 1 deck, forecastle 31', bridge deck 66', quarterdeck 62'.
Owners:
1881: A. C. Gow & Co., Glasgow.
1895: transferred to Gow, Harrison & Co. Ltd.
1895: sold to W.S. Miller & Co., Glasgow.
1900: sold to Leonhardt & Heeckt of Hamburg.
Masters:
1882-87: Master J. Cowie;
1887-91: Master J. D. Fraser
1895-96: Master M. J. O'Sullivan
1896-1900: Master A. McGregor
General History:
07/10/1881:
The steamer AUSTERLITZ (of Glasgow) from Odessa to Dunkirk, is at Algiers with loss of 2 blades of propellor.
(Glasgow Herald)
10/01/1882:
Steamer AUSTERLITZ from Newport arrived Singapore 7 January.
(Glasgow Herald)
31/12/1883:
Steamer AUSTERLITZ , Belize for London, arrived Newport News (Virginia) December 28.
(Glasgow Herald)
15/01/1884:
Steamer AUSTERLITZ , passed through the Downs 14 January.
(Glasgow Herald)
29/10/1884:
Steamer AUSTERLITZ , for Tobago, left Las Palmas October 25.
(Aberdeen Weekly Journal)
07/04/1885:
Steamer AUSTERLITZ , Port Royal (S. Carolina or Jamaica?) for United Kingdom passed Prawle Point (Devon) April 6.
(Glasgow Herald)
07/10/1885:
Steamer AUSTERLITZ towed into Halifax (Nova Scotia) Thomas Allen, British, with main shaft broken.
(Freeman's Journal)
22/02/1887:
As screw steamer AURETTA was proceeding up East Bute Dock, Cardiff, she collided with screw steamer AUSTERLITZ of Glasgow, loading [coal?] under the no. 2 tip. AUSTERLITZ was struck on starboard side and damage will delay her for several days.
(Western Mail)
12/06/1889:
Steamer AUSTERLITZ from Quebec passed the Lizard (Cornwall) June 11.
(Glasgow Herald)
05/05/1892:
According to cable message from Norfolk, Virginia, steamer AUSTERLITZ stranded at Velasco Bar, thumped bottom and remained 24 hours. Hold surveyed and vessel pronounced seaworthy. Has coaled and proceeded.
(Daily News)
30/06/1897:
Telegraph from Belfast states that steamer AUSTERLITZ, Balbao to Glasgow with ore, calling at Larne for bunker coal, grounded on Island Magee, but is expected to get off next tide without damage.
(Glasgow Herald)
14/12/1897:
Steamer AUSTERLITZ, Glasgow for Bordeaux, is aground in Clyde off Dumbarton, being lightened, expected off at high water.
(Aberdeen Weekly Journal)
Note: Engines 2 cylinder 165 H.P. by Hall, Russell.
