SS Aeon (1905)

Aeon was a 4,221-ton steamship built by Northumberland Shipbuilding Company, Howdon-on-Tyne for Howard Smith and Company, Melbourne in 1905.[2]

History
United Kingdom
Name: Aeon
Owner: Howard Smith & Company, Melbourne, Australia
Port of registry: London
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Company, Howdon-on-Tyne[1]
Launched: 20 April 1905
Completed: 1905
Fate: Wrecked 18 July 1908
General characteristics
Length: 109.8 metres (360 ft)
Beam: 14.6 metres (48 ft)
Depth: 6.6 metres (22 ft)

Fate

Aeon was wrecked on 18 July 1908 near Christmas Island (now Kiritimati), while on a voyage from San Francisco to Sydney.[3]

Notes

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