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EL KAHIRA (1892)

Service dates: 1919-1920

Official number: 110140

Shipping lines: KHEDIVIAL MAIL STEAMSHIP & GRAVING DOCK COMPANY

Ship type:


Passenger Liner.


Career

18.02.1892
Launched.
04.1892
Completed as El Kahira for Khedivial Mail Steamship & Graving Dock Company Ltd.
04-05.1919
Takeover of the Khedivial Mail Steamship & Graving Dock Company Ltd by The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company agreed.
1920
Sold to Transport & Trading Co, London.
n.d.
Resold to Franco-British Steamship Company, London.
09.07.1922
Went missing. Last sighted 12 nautical miles west of Casquets en route for Algiers. She was carrying a crew of approximately 30.


Ship technical details (PDF)