SS Suffolk (1899)
Suffolk at Chillagoe Railway wharf, Cairns, March 1900 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Suffolk |
| Namesake | Suffolk |
| Owner | Birt, Trinder & Bethell |
| Operator | Federal Steam Navigation Co |
| Port of registry | London |
| Builder | Sunderland Shipbuilding Co, Sunderland |
| Yard number | 201 |
| Launched | 25 July 1899 |
| Completed | 1 November 1899 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sank 24 September 1900 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | refrigerated cargo ship |
| Tonnage | 5,364 GRT, 3,442 NRT, 8,750 DWT |
| Length | 420.7 ft (128.2 m) |
| Beam | 54.1 ft (16.5 m) |
| Draught | 25 ft 10+1⁄2 in (7.887 m) |
| Depth | 29.1 ft (8.9 m) |
| Decks | 2 |
| Installed power | 505 NHP |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h) |
| Capacity | 266,000 cubic feet (7,532 m3) refrigerated |
| Crew | 63 crew + 66 hostlers |
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SS Suffolk was a refrigerated cargo steamship that was built in England in 1899 for the Federal Steam Navigation Company. In the Second Boer War she took horses from Australia to South Africa. She was wrecked in 1900 on a voyage from Austria-Hungary to South Africa, with the loss of 930 horses.
This was the first of three Federal Steam ships that were named after the English county of Suffolk. The second was a steamship that was built in 1902 and scrapped in 1927. The third was a motor ship that was built in 1939 and scrapped in 1968.