Titan

TITAN was built in 1898 by Day, Summers & Co. at Northam near Southampton with a tonnage of 151grt, a length of 100ft and a beam of 21ft 1in.

She was built as a tug and tender for disembarking passengers at Durban and became part of the Union-Castle fleet in 1900 when the companies merged.

Master

From

To

B Burt

8/1898

12/1898

T Bedman

1899


Vessel

Built

Tonnage

Official No

Ship Builder

Engine Builder

Engine Type

HP

Screws

Titan

1898

151

109287

Day Summers

Southampton

Day Summers

Southampton

2 x Compound Steam

60 HP

2

Career Summary

In 1902 she was sold to African Boating Co. Ltd. for continued service at Durban but with port of registry remaining at Southampton.

By 1911 she was owned by Beira Boating Co. Ltd of Southampton , with W. Borders as managers, undertaking similar duties at Beira in Mozambique.

Her managers became W. Barr in 1918 and she was finally broken up locally in 1930.

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