Minia (1867) |
Owners: |
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Built for: |
Unknown |
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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 |
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Year Built: |
1867 |
Launched: |
December 7, 1866 |
Type: |
Passenger/Cargo (converted into a cable layer) |
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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: |
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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.
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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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