SHIPPING CASUALTY.
STEAMER THERMOPYLAE
WRECKED,
NO LIVES LOST,
MELBOURNE, this day
A private cable received here states that the Aberdeen liner Thermopylae has been wrecked near Capetown.
All aboard were saved
No details are given. The steamer Thermopylae left Sydney on August 11 for London via the Cape of Good Hope, with a large general cargo, including ISOO bales wool, heavy consignments of tallow and meat, and some half dozen passengers. The Thermopylae was commanded by Captain Phillips. 'When she left Melbourne she had 55 passengers on board, including 26 in the steerage.
The Aberdeen liner Thermopylae was well-known in the Australian waters, having been running in the trade between London, South Africa, and Australia, since she was built in 1891. On the present voyage she left Sydney on August 11th under the command of Captain Philip, and called at Melbourne on the . 16th, leaving Albany on the 21st for Natal, Capetown, Teneriffe and London. She iTad a full cargo of general Australian produce. The Thermopylae was built in Aberdeen by Hall, Russell and Co. for G. R. Thompson and Co., of London, and measured 3,711 gross and : 2,390 net tons. She was 362.1 feet long, 44.4 feet broad, and 23.6 feet deep. Her engines were of 415 N.H.P., and developed a speed of 13 knots.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 217, 13 September 1899, Page 4
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