liner CHELIFF

Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes, 1855 - 1875

Design features

name of ship : ..............Cheliff
type : ......................liner
detailed type : .............
hull material : .............iron
type of propeller : .........1 propeller


building year : .............1855
name of shipyard : ..........Chantiers Denny
place of shipyard : .........Dumbarton


sister ship(s) : ............Mitidjah


previous name(s) : ..........

service life in the company :1855 / 1875
launching : .................lancé en 1855 à Dumbarton
crew : ......................
passengers : .................

length : ....................66,50 meters
width : .....................9,20 meters
gross tonnage : .............790 tx
net tonnage : ...............473 tx
deadweight : ................
displacement : ..............1270
engine type : ...............machine à 2 cylindres
power hp : ..................
power hp usual : ............250cvnx
speed : .....................9 n

lines : ....................
remarks : ..................


withdrawal from service : ..
subsequent names : .........

History

Iron steamer with propeller, one chimney, three masts and cutwater stem, built at the Denny shipyards in Dumbarton in 1855, bought on slipway with the MITIDJAH, she is brought into service on September 24, 1855 on the line of Levant, then is assigned to the mail service serving Oran, Algiers and Tunis within the framework of the convention of 1854 signed with the State. In 1859 she is assigned to the additional lines of Levant with the MITIDJAH. In 1862 her masthouse is modified by removal of the yards to the second mast, then ensures the service out of postal convention of Black Sea at the departure of Constantinople. She is sold on January 25, 1875 to the Turkish shipowner Serki Bey Ballicin.

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