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Steamship Comus (1900- )

Comus (1900) / renamed Western Ocean

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Lauched November 9, 1899

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built in 1900 by by Newport News Shipbuilding
Steel hulled, two-masted, steam-powered screw
4828 gross tons, 391.6 x 48.3 x 15.8
Engine; TE 33, 52, 84 x 54
built for Clark & Seaman (Cromwell Steamship Line)

(oil painting done by Antonio Jacobsen in 1901


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conveyed by the Morgan Line (was Southern Pacific) in 1902
Conveyed 07/31/02 Cromwell SS Co to Southern Pacific Co (NYCH)



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