Skip to main content

We’ve got a new website!

Collections

Search our collections for images, objects and ship records. Get started with the search box or browse what you can see.  You can also find out about our collections and how to access them.

NAUTILUS (1875)

Service dates: 1920-1923

Official number: 70681

Shipping lines: GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY

Ship type:


General Cargo Ship.


Career

24.11.1874
Launched.
23.01.1875
Completed as Nautilus for the General Steam Navigation Company Ltd.
1915
Renamed Nautpur.
1919
Reverted to her original name Nautilus.
31.10.1920
Takeover of the General Steam Navigation Company by The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company agreed.
20.01.1923
Sank following a collision with Australia in the Scheldt.


Ship technical details (PDF)