SS Ventnor
Ventnor leaving Westport, NZ in 1901 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Ventnor |
| Namesake | Ventnor |
| Owner | Ventnor SS Co Ltd |
| Operator | Gow, Harrison & Co |
| Port of registry | Glasgow |
| Builder | Russell & Co, Port Glasgow |
| Launched | 23 January 1901 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Wrecked 28 October 1902 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cargo ship |
| Tonnage | 3,961 GRT, 2,581 NRT, 6,400 DWT |
| Length | 344.7 ft (105.1 m) |
| Beam | 49.8 ft (15.2 m) |
| Draught | 18 ft 0 in (5.49 m) |
| Depth | 25.7 ft (7.8 m) |
| Installed power | 346 NHP |
| Propulsion | triple-expansion engine |
| Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h) |
| Crew | 31 |
SS Ventnor was a British cargo steamship that was built in Scotland in 1901 and wrecked off New Zealand in 1902 with the loss of 13 of her crew. Her cargo included the bodies of 499 gold miners who had died in New Zealand and were being repatriated to China. The wreck led to an end of the practice of exhuming human remains en masse in New Zealand and returning them to China.