Minia (1867)

Owners:
Built for:
Unknown
1874
Anglo-American Telegraph Company Ltd.
London, England


Builder:
London & Glasgow Engineering &
Iron Shipbuilding Company Ltd.
Glasgow, Scotland
Ordered:
N/A
Keel Laid:
N/A
Year Built:
1867
Launched:
December 7, 1866
Type:
Passenger/Cargo
(converted into a cable layer)
Fate:
Scrapped in 1922.


Dimensions, machinery and performance

Length:
328' 5" (BP)
Engines:
N/A
Beam:
35' 8"
Boilers:
N/A
Depth:
25' 1"
Shafts:
N/A
Gross Tons:
2,061
HP:
N/A
Displacement:
N/A
Speed:
N/A
Crew:
N/A
Funnels:
1
Passengers:
N/A
Masts:
3


History:
1871:
Chartered by the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company and converted into a cable layer.

1871:
Laid cable from China to Hong Kong for the China Telegraph Company.
1873:
Laid cable from Vigo, Spain to Lisbon, Portugal for the Eastern Telegraph Company.
1873:
Laid cable from Carcavelos, Portugal to Madeira, Spain for the Brazilian Submarine
Telegraph Company.

1874:
Sold to the Anglo-American Telegraph Company.
1874:
Laid cable from Jamaica to Puerto Rico for the West India and Panama Telegraph Company.
1874:
Laid cable from Newfoundland shore to the end of the 1874 Atlantic cable.
Apr. 1912:
Contracted by White Star Line to recover bodies from the sinking of the Titanic. Recovered
17 bodies between Apr. 22 and May 6.

1912:
Leased to Western Union for telegraph cable repair.
1922:
Scrapped.


Notes:
One of the bodies recovered was that of Charles M. Hays, President of the Grand Trunk
Railroad.


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