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Five days later a ship spotted the ‘Cleopatra’ floating undamaged off the northern coast of Spain, and she was towed to the Ferrol, Galicia. There a steam-ship, the Anglia, arrived to tow her to London. They arrived at Gravesend on 21 January 1878. [1] Cleopatra was broken up immediately after the obelisk had been removed on 6 July 1878 ...
A grain cargo ship that sunk after a fire aboard. A popular dive site at Ilha Grande. Príncipe de Asturias Spain: 5 March 1916 An ocean liner that ran aground on a shoal near Ilhabela, São Paulo, resulting in at least 445 deaths. Sir Foxwell Buxton United Kingdom: 1853 An emigrant ship that ran aground off the coast of Rio Grande do Norte.
SS Dessoug was a 1,367 GRT wooden cargo ship that was built in 1864 for the Khedive of Egypt as Denton. She was noteworthy for being selected by Henry Honychurch Gorringe for the purpose of transporting Cleopatra's Needle Obelisk from Egypt to New York City. She was sold to Ocean Steam Company in 1880 and renamed Dessoug. She served between New ...
Galley of the Austrian passenger ship SS Africa in the Mediterranean Sea, c. 1905. The galley is the compartment of a ship, train, or aircraft where food is cooked and prepared. [1] It can also refer to a land-based kitchen on a naval base, or, from a kitchen design point of view, to a straight design of the kitchen layout.
The SS United States, a historic ship that still holds the transatlantic speed record it set more than 70 years ago, must leave its berth on the Delaware River in Philadelphia by Sept. 12, a ...
The blame was placed on a rushed construction, and the crew struggled to keep the ship operational. The passengers protested to the company about the poor condition of the ship, but also reported "the splendid conduct of the officers and crew." The Cleopatra returned to London, limited to half-speed the crossing took 21 days. Once she had ...
HMS Cleopatra (33) was a Dido-class cruiser built in 1940 and broken up in 1958. HMS Cleopatra (F28) was a Leander-class frigate launched in 1964 and sold for scrap in 1993. The name can also refer to Cleopatra (1839), an East India Company paddle frigate built in 1839 and sunk by a tropical cyclone in the Indian Ocean in 1847.
Cleopatra flew a barque or ship rig of sail on three masts, including studding sails on fore and mainmasts. [9] Between its two complete decks was the open quarterdeck, on which the battery was located. Under the lower deck were spaces for water, provisions, coal, and magazines for shell and powder. Amidships were the engine and boiler rooms.